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A. B. Lloyd In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country1 volume. Second impression of the first edition 1900.
1 volume. Second impression of the first edition 1900.
Lloyd is not only a big game hunter and colonial missionary traveller,
but reflects critically of the consequences of colonialism in Central Africa.
Publishers red cloth boards with black title and vignette.
Gilt title to spine.
Pages untrimmed.
xxiv, 385 pages, 6 page publishers catalogue.
Frontispiece portrait with new tissue-guard.
Full-page plates and in-text illustrations.
1 full-page map.
2 fold-out maps [23 x 29 cm & 20 x 36 cm].
Slight foxing.
"The author, a missionary, travelled through the Belgian Congo and
into the border region around with Uganda, northwest of Lake Victoria.
There are numerous incidents of hunting antelope. Of particular interest
are Lloyd's hunts after elephant - with a .303 rifle. As he noted, I had
always looked upon elephant hunting as being all right for those who were
tired of life and longed to be freed from its worries, [Czech, An Annotated
Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, p.97]."
Recorded shipping weight 1500g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
T. Fisher Unwin
London
1900
Second impression
Very good
21 x 15 cm
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1 volume. Second impression of the first edition 1900.
Lloyd is not only a big game hunter and colonial missionary traveller,
but reflects critically of the consequences of colonialism in Central Africa.
Publishers red cloth boards with black title and vignette.
Gilt title to spine.
Pages untrimmed.
xxiv, 385 pages, 6 page publishers catalogue.
Frontispiece portrait with new tissue-guard.
Full-page plates and in-text illustrations.
1 full-page map.
2 fold-out maps [23 x 29 cm & 20 x 36 cm].
Slight foxing.
"The author, a missionary, travelled through the Belgian Congo and
into the border region around with Uganda, northwest of Lake Victoria.
There are numerous incidents of hunting antelope. Of particular interest
are Lloyd's hunts after elephant - with a .303 rifle. As he noted, I had
always looked upon elephant hunting as being all right for those who were
tired of life and longed to be freed from its worries, [Czech, An Annotated
Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, p.97]."
Recorded shipping weight 1500g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
T. Fisher Unwin
London
1900
Second impression
Very good
21 x 15 cm
For further details and and to bid visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
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