African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous - 1988-01-01

New York: St Martins Press, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. About Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated, First Printing; orig. pub. 1908. Hard cover 8vo. About Fine book in Near Fine unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. Bumped heel/bottom edge front board, else book Fine and unmarked; jacket has 1" tear bottom front panel. 356pp inc. Index; illustrated in photos and reproductions, frontis.

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(Alberton: Galago, 1986) 0947020160. The text is a facsimile of the 1908 Macmillan 1st edition. Large 8vo; original green boards, lettered in white on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. xxx + 356, incl. index; plates. Spine panel of dustwrapper very slightly sunned; trace of spotting to top edge. Very good condition. Kenneth Czech describes this work as follows: 'A wide-ranging work that discusses everything from the coloration of African big game to the extinction of some species in South Africa. There are plenty of big-game hunting episodes, which Selous uses to accent his chapters on Cape buffalo, black rhinoceros, and lion, among others. Written at a time when there was a noticeable depletion of the great game herds, he becomes almost lyrical in his longing for the old days: "but no man will ever again sit by a camp fire near one of the little rivers ... eating prime pieces of fat elephant's heart, roasted on a forked stick, nor watch the… Read More

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Briar Patch Press, 1988. African Collection. Full leather binding with raised spine bands and gilt-stamping. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker bound-in. xxxvi, 348pp. Illustrations. Foreword by Teddy Roosevelt.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Caldwell, E.. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

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