Description: IN HAUNTS OF WILD GAME A HUNTER-NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS FROM KAHLAMBA TO LIBOMBO F. VAUGHAN KIRBY EDINBURGH: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS 1896 First edition. One of the classics of African sport, this book describes the author's hunting experiences in Portuguese East Africa and the eastern Transvaal. He relates hunting in the rugged Kloof country after bushbuck, kudu, and leopard. In the Khalamba foothills, he bagged buffalo, but was quick to blame the Boer Transvaal government for the decline in game numbers. He also hunted sable, giraffe, and wildebeest. Two long chapters on lion hunting are also featured. Complementing the text are excellent illustrations by Charles Whymper. (Czech, Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books.) 23 x 17 cm. xvi + 576 pp. Frontis + 15 plates + numerous text illustrations + coloured folding map. Good condition, the original cloth is worn and soiled. Corners of the boards bumped. Lenghty inscription on the front free endpaper. Contents clean and tidy. Map has a repaired closed tear. All plates present. Get images that make Supersized seem small. THE simple solution for eBay sellers.
Price: 114.99 GBP
Location: Carlisle
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Author: F Vaughan Kirby
Binding: Hardback
Illustrator: C Whymper
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Original/Facsimile: Original
Publisher: William Blackwood & Sons
Region: Africa
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Year Printed: 1896
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom