BIG GAME HUNTING IN NORTH-EASTERN RHODESIA

Letcher (Owen)

Description:

266 pages, frontispiece portrait, 47 photographic plates - lacks plate ‘A solitary bull buffalo’ at page 62, folding map. Original red cloth with gilt titling on spine, top edge gilt, inscription by a previous owner pasted in on the front free end paper, nick in the margin of leaf 142/3, contents bright.

Czech: An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, page 94Letcher hunted in the Luangwa Valley for elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, eland, and other game. After crossing the Muchinga Mountains, he bagged rhinoceros and elephant as well as roan. He continued his hunt in the swamplands near Lake Bangweulu, then returned to the Luangwa Valley for additional sport. Letcher also mentioned the chimpakwe, the “Brontosaurus” or similar prehistoric beast that natives described living near Lake Bangweulu. He concludes his book with descriptions of the types of game encountered in the area.’

Details:

  • Publisher: John Long, Limited
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1911
  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Fair
  • Size: 8vo (225 x 150 mm)
  • Lot No: 147
  • Hammer Price: $50
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