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Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa (RARE 1st edition)
by Captain Alfred W. Drayson (A.W. Drayson, Alfred Wilkes Drayson)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/n/a
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Mendelssohn 486: 'An account of hunting and sporting experiences in Kaffraria and Natal. The author joined a party of Boer hunters who were making an excursion into the plains under the Drekensburg mountains, near the sources of the Mooi river. He remarks on the wonderful eyesight possessed by these people and their contempt for the English as sportsmen. . . There is a good account of the natives with many notes of the fauna of the country.'
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Illustrated by a Harrison Weir. Book has been rebound in a handsome half-leather binding. See photos. This is a rare first edition in quite nice condition. A few of the plates have been repaired, but are present and very nice to behold. Marbled page edges and endsheets. Former owner bookplate atop another former owner s bookplate. Inquire for additional photos.
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- Bookseller
- Springbok Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79
- Title
- Sporting Scenes Amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa (RARE 1st edition)
- Author
- Captain Alfred W. Drayson (A.W. Drayson, Alfred Wilkes Drayson)
- Format/Binding
- Rebound in half-leather fine binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- n/a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. Routledge & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1858
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- KUDU, KOODOO, GOLD, BOER, AFRIKANER, NATAL, MINING, SILVER, DIAMONDS, REEF, WITWATERSRAND, GIRAFFE, TRANSPORT RIDER, SOUTH AFRICA, ZIMBABWE, JOHANNESBURG, SALISBURY, BULAWAYO, ZAMBIA, LIMPOPO, ZAMBESI, ZAMBEZI, ZAMBEZIA, ZAMBESIA, KAFFIR, ZULU, TSWANA, SH
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- Big Game Hunting; Fine Bindings;
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Springbok Books
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We specialize in books, both fiction and nonfiction, that are related to southern Africa. The books may be set in southern Africa (or other parts of Africa) or may be written by authors who are South African or who once lived in southern Africa. Some of our specialties are Wilbur Smith, H Rider Haggard.
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