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On Safari
Chapman (Abel)
Description:
Chapman (Abel). On Safari, Big-game Hunting in British East Africa, With Studies in Bird-Life. Edward Arnold, London, 1908.
8vo., xvi,340pp., with 170 illustrations by the author and E. Caldwell, sketch map and photographs; pictorial black cloth gilt with elephant head on upper cover (a tad worn at extremities, abrasive mark on title on upper cover, otherwise a good copy).
Czech p. 35.
Details:
- Publisher: Edward Arnold
- Publisher Place: London
- Date of Publication: 1908
- Edition: First
- Overall Condition: As per description.
- Size: 8vo
- Lot No: 353
- Hammer Price: $360
- Bids: 1
- Visits: 61
- Estimate: $450/500
- Reserve: $360
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Seller Details:
- Name: Chas J. Sawyer
- Address: 46 The Haydens, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1NS.
- Contact Person: Richard Sawyer
- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
- Email: mail@chasjsawyer.com
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