Name: BIG GAME HUNTING IN NORTH-EASTERN RHODESIA
SKU: 13823
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BIG GAME HUNTING IN NORTH-EASTERN RHODESIA

R3,060.00

PREFACE

This book is intended to give some idea of the great game of North-Eastern Rhodesia, the characteristics and habits of the various animals, and the experiences which attended me in that country last year. To this narrative I have added information for visitors and sportsmen who propose visiting the territory, and also some account of the natives of North-Eastern Rhodesia. I have no doubt that some of my views on the African native will be very severely criticized, but it has been my express purpose in the following pages to set forth an honest account of what I saw and what befell me on my wanderings, and to record the impressions which I gained. If these are at variance with those of some who will read this book, I can only trust that they will not attribute to me any other motive than the main guiding principle which I have endeavoured to preserve throughout these pages, and that is to give a true and faithful account of what may be observed in Central Africa today, and to record certain convictions I have gained after not a little consideration of what I have seen and been told by reliable authorities. The photographs contained in this book were either taken by my companion, Mr Dillon Leonard; by my head hunter boy, Tom; or by myself.

A map of those portions of North-Eastern Rhodesia which I traversed is appended, and on this an attempt has been made to indicate the areas wherein the various species of big game common to the country may best be sought.

Johannesburg 1910.

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SKU: 13823 Categories: Africa, Hunting

Description

Authored by Owen Letcher and published by John Long of London in 1911. Hard cover bound, this First Edition copy is in Very Good condition, covered in plastic and without a dust jacket. The size of the book is 226x150x41mm.

ix plus 266pp incl Index. Gilt titles on spine somewhat tarnished; front cover slightly faded (by damp?); front and lower edges browned; all pages uniformly yellowed but unfoxed and clean; a previous owner’s name has been lifted off the ffep. Top edge gilt; portrait as frontis with tissue guard; 52 b&w photographic plates, folding map : complete. The portrait is “signed” but printed in. A classic, written by one of the foremost gentleman big game hunters and adventurers of his day is one of the few classic big hunting titles to concentrate on Zambia, an area that is today still very much a safari country. Much on hunting in the Luangwa Valley as well as chapters on the game of the country and distribution. A very collectable copy.