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GAMEBIRD SHOOTING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA . - 2001. Presentation copy signed by author.
Colin Vary
Description:
136pp, Hardcover with dust jacket. Numerous illustrations and colour photographs throughout.
Near Fine condition. Signed Presentation Copy.
Colin Vary received his first shotgun, a single barrel 12-bore for his ninth birthday. By the time he was 12 he had saved enough money through the sale of rabbit and fox skins to buy a double barrel shotgun. The regular wingshooting of snipe, duck and quail over the following six years honed his skills to the point where, at the age of 14, he won the Christmas shoot at the local gun club bird shoot, beating his father and other local 'crack-shots'.
Colin left England in 1966 and moved to East London in South Africa, where he had his first encounter with the superb greywing francolin in the Dordrecht area. In 1969 he relocated to Pietermaritzburg, expanding his experience with many more gamebirds throughout Kwazulu-Natal and the Transvaal.
Details:
- Publisher: Chris van Rensburg Publications (Pty) Limited
- Publisher Place: Johannesburg
- Date of Publication: 2001
- Edition: 1st Edition, 2nd impression
- Jacket Condition: Near fine
- Binding Condition: Fine
- Overall Condition: Near fine
- Lot No: 325
- Hammer Price: $150
- Bids: 1
- Visits: 23
- Estimate: $300
- Reserve: $150
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Seller Details:
- Name: BOOKTOWN AFRICANA
- Address: P.O.Box 117, Richmond (Northern Cape), South Africa, 7090
- Contact Person: Chris Shelton
- Country of Origin: South Africa
- Email: chris@paarlmark.co.za
- Website: www.antiquarianauctions.co.za
- Preferred Payment Methods: Internet banking transfer (EFT), credit card
- Trade Association: AA Approved. SATU. Paarl Media. Paarl Marketing
- Additional Information:
BOOKTOWN AFRICANA (formerly trading under the banner of Richmond Books & Prints) is based in South Africa's one and only booktown, Richmond, situated in the heart of the Great Karoo. All our books are housed in a historical (pre Boer War) building in the centre of the town. We are closed to the public. All book sales are conducted strictly online.
BOOKTOWN AFRICANA specializes in Antiquarian books, mostly Africana.
With his 30 years of experience in print media (from print production management to print marketing and sales), all books listed by BOOKTOWN AFRICANA are personally appraised, photographed and accurately described by qualified Photo-lithographer, Chris Shelton (of Paarl Media / Paarl Marketing).
PACKAGING & POSTAGE:
(Note: Great care is taken in our packaging to ensure that your books reach you in exactly the same condition as described. Depending on our workload at the close of each auction, careful packaging could take anything upto 6 working days to conclude.)
RATES
Within South Africa (counter to counter) = R55 per 1kg parcel plus R5 per additional kg to be included in the parcel.
Approximate foreign postage = $25.00 SURFACE MAIL or $45 AIR MAIL per 1kg parcel plus half again per additional kg to be included in the parcel.
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PAYMENT OPTIONS:
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