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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Lyell, Denis D.

The Hunting and Spoor of Central African Game

Published: Seeley Service, London, 1929

Edition: First

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"The author was closely associated with Major C.H. Stigand, and the volume is full of advice to would-be hunters on rifles, tracking and hunting. There are also chapters on 'coloration of Animals', equipment, preservation of trophies, treatment of wounds and fever, etc. "An essential work aimed at a generation of new hunters visiting Africa at the time" Czech p. 102.

xiv, 234 pages with frontispiece & 37 photographic plates.

Tan cloth gilt with (excessively rare) dust-wrapper (this somewhat oddly repaired with underlaid brown paper. Heavy foxing at front & back, though the rest of the book is clean, a very good copy.

  • Jacket Condition: Used
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 25x19.5
  • Sold By: Africana Books
  • Contact Person: Stefan Blank
  • Country: South Africa
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