EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME;

Willoughby (Captain Sir John C. Bart)

Description:

THE NARRATIVE OF A SPORTING TRIP FROM ZANZIBAR TO THE BORDERS OF THE MASAI.

 

xii, 312 pages, frontispiece and 17 plates 4 of which have tissue guards with descriptive captions - plate at page 86 loose and soiled around the edges, folding map. Original dark green cloth with gilt titling and vignette on the upper cover. The cloth is lightly insect scarred an worn along the edges and at the top and bottom of the spine, page edges uncut, inscriptions of previous owners on the half title page and the verso of the frontispiece, folding map is torn at the first fold, some light foxing throughout.

Czech: An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, page 175, ‘Willoughby and Sir Robert Harvey trekked into virtually unknown region of the Tana River, the Taveta Forest and the area near Mount Kilimanjaro. On this extensive safari, the pair bagged rhinoceros, lion, buffalo, hippopotamus, eland, elephant, and other game. There is also a letter written by Harvey describing a lengthy hunt along the Tana River.’

Details:

  • Publisher: Longman s, Green, & Co.
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1889
  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Fair
  • Size: 8vo (235 x 170 mm)
  • Lot No: 158
  • Hammer Price: $289
  • Bids: 2
  • Visits: 60
  • Estimate: $250/300
  • Reserve: $200

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