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The Man Eaters of Tsavo
Patterson (J.H.)
Description:
Patterson (J.H.). The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures. With a Foreword by Frederick Courtney Selous, with illustrations. MacMillan & Co., Ltd., London, 1910.
8vo.,Eighth Edition, xx,346pp., numerous illustrations and map; blue cloth gilt with vignette of Lion’s head on upper cover, (extremities a tad worn with age otherwise a good copy).
“One of the most famous of all African hunting titles …” (Czech) and a favourite book of inter alia Captain Lawrence Oates who took a copy to the Antarctic in 1910. That copy was brought back by Apsley Cherry-Garrard and now resides in the Smithsonian Museum.
Hoskewn,155. Czech p.125
Details:
- Publisher: Macmillan & Co.
- Publisher Place: London
- Date of Publication: 1910
- Edition: 8th Edition
- Overall Condition: As per description.
- Size: 8vo
- Lot No: 28
- Hammer Price: $91
- Bids: 6
- Visits: 85
- Estimate: $70/90
- Reserve: $60
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- Name: Chas J. Sawyer
- Address: 46 The Haydens, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1NS.
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- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
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