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Patterson (J.H.) THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO And other East African adventures with a foreword by
And other East African adventures with a foreword by Frederick Courtney Selous with illustrations
338 pages + 1 – map of British East Africa, frontispiecem numerous illustrations, foxing on preliminary and end pages, blue cloth with gilt vignette of a lion's head on upper cover, spine titled gilt, slightly insect scarred on the back cover, top edge gilt, a very good copy.
Fist published in October 1907 – reprinted in November and December. It was reprinted twice in 1908 in January and December. This is the 4th impression.
Czech (Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 -1999, page 213 -214: One of the most famous of all African hunting titles this describes the slaughter of railroad workers building the Uganda Railway by a pair of man eating lions. The first half of the book relates Patterson's efforts to destroy the man-eaters, while the remaining chapters detail efforts to hunt rhino near Tsavo, then lion and a variety of pains game on the Athi River.
MacMillan and Co.
London
1908
8vo (220 x150mm)
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And other East African adventures with a foreword by Frederick Courtney Selous with illustrations
338 pages + 1 – map of British East Africa, frontispiecem numerous illustrations, foxing on preliminary and end pages, blue cloth with gilt vignette of a lion's head on upper cover, spine titled gilt, slightly insect scarred on the back cover, top edge gilt, a very good copy.
Fist published in October 1907 – reprinted in November and December. It was reprinted twice in 1908 in January and December. This is the 4th impression.
Czech (Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 -1999, page 213 -214: One of the most famous of all African hunting titles this describes the slaughter of railroad workers building the Uganda Railway by a pair of man eating lions. The first half of the book relates Patterson's efforts to destroy the man-eaters, while the remaining chapters detail efforts to hunt rhino near Tsavo, then lion and a variety of pains game on the Athi River.
MacMillan and Co.
London
1908
8vo (220 x150mm)
To bid please visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
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