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The Game Animals of Africa
by Lydekker, R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Rowland Ward, 1908). Royal 8vo; original red buckram, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; decorative endpapers; pp. xix + (i) + 484, incl. index; publisher's catalogue; plates; illustrations in text. Cloth a little stippled and rubbed, with trace of wear to extremities of sunned spine; some foxing to endpapers and outermost leaves. Good condition; very good internally. (Czech: A Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 to 1999, p. 172) "An excellent work that covers the natural history of both large and small game animals of Africa. Lydekker utilized segments of text he had written for The Great and Small Game of Africa edited by H. A. Bryden, with much new material added. Especially interesting are the hunting vignettes related by numerous sportsmen such as Selous, Neumann, Powell-Cotton and others from books and journal articles." - Kenneth Czech .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13215
- Title
- The Game Animals of Africa
- Author
- Lydekker, R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London: Rowland Ward, 1908)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Taxonomy. Mammalia. Game animals. Hunting. Specimens Hunting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hunting;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
All books offered subject to availability. Returns are accepted where we have erred materially in our description of goods.
About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Gilt
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