Black cloth boards with unclipped dust jacket. Title in gilt to the spine. First United Kingdom Edition. Inscribed and signed on the first front endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of the author.
A copy in good condition. 236 pages text with supporting photographic illustrations. Translated from the German by the author & Oliver Colburn.
The professional hunter in Africa has been described as "expert guide, first-class driver-mechanic, good condpanion, diplomat, chef and last but not least, a walking life-insurance." 'Ossi Koenig has all these qualifications.'
Koenig a German professional big game hunter, describes his adventures hunting lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and other game, primarily in Tanganyika.
Although a proffessional hunter, Oskar Koenig has always been concerned to preserve, rather than kill, the animals he so loves and understands. He is among the creators of the immense National Park on the Ngorongoro crater, where animals who would be dangerous in other surroundings live in peace and security. He has some remarkable stories to tell: of his encounter with the fabulous elephant, Selemani, believed to be three hundred old, whom no hunter has been able to kill; of the lioness that became so tame that it lived with a British official in Nairobi; of the slaughter of a herd of wild elephants that was devastating the native villages and of the orgy that followed.
- Jacket Condition: Good
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 8vo (220 x 140 mm)
