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Auction #127 begins on 06 Nov 2025

Selous (Percy) and Bryden (H.A.)

TRAVEL AND BIG GAME

With two chapters by H.A. Bryden. With six original drawings by Charles Whymper

Published: Bellairs and Co., London, 1897

Edition: First London Edition

Reserve: $150

Approximately:

Estimate: $200/250

Bidding opens: 6 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 13 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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First London edition. 195 pages, frontispiece, 5 plates, green pictorial cloth over bevelled boards titled gilt on the upper cover with decorative gilt on the spine, a very good copy. 

Czech (Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 - 1999, page 253: Frederick Selous' cousin, Percy, describes hunting wildebeest, leopard, lion and giraffe near the Molopo River, with additional leopard hunting in Bechuanaland. He enjoyed sport after rhino near the Zambesi River and hippo and kudu on the Limpopo River. Bryden contributes two chapters including hunting giraffe and zebra in South Africa and relating the adventures of a 'Dutchman' hunting buffalo. 

 

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Tall 8vo (260 x 170 mm)


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