The Game Animals of Africa

1 volume. First edition.

Beautifully rebound in half-leather with morocco title.

Raised bands with gilt lines.

xix, [1], 484 pages + 4 pages publishers catalogue.

15 full-page plates + 97 in-text illustrations.

Distinctive Rowland Ward zebra patterned endpapers.

An excellent work that covers the natural history of both large

and small game animals of Africa. Lydekker utilised segments

of text he had written for the Great and Small Game of Africa

with much new material added. Especially interesting are the

hunting vignettes related by numerous sportsmen such as

Selous, Neumann Powell-Cotton and others from books and

journal articles: Czech (Kenneth) Bibliography of African Big

Game Hunting Books 1785 -1999, page 172.

Recorded shipping weight 2000g.

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