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Capt. H. C. Brocklehurst GAME ANIMALS OF THE SUDAN: Their Habits and Distribution 1 volume. "Sudan
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Capt. H. C. Brocklehurst GAME ANIMALS OF THE SUDAN: Their Habits and Distribution
Gurney and Jackson
London
1931
First edition.
Very good
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1 volume. "Sudan Bookshop Khartoum " 1934.
Previous owner Gavin Burton Stewart gifted the volume to
Colin Burton Stewart with the following inscription.
1954; "Colin: I knew Brocklehurst well: he was Game Warden of the Sudan
and succeeded by "Pango" Barker who is still there.
Brocklehurst was drowned in the Salween River in Burma
during the retreat of the British Forces from Rangoon to Assam
in 1942: I was in Calcutta and present at that time forming
what was later to be Force 136."
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.history.war.world-war-ii/s0WXpjm_SeA
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37977/supplement/2591/data.pdf
Publishers tan cloth with gilt lion vignette on cover.
Gilt title on spine. Gilt top page edges.
xix, 170 pages + colour frontispiece with tissue-guard.
11 colour plates + 14 black and white plates.
Folding map + in-text illustrations.
"Read all you can about the animals you intend to hunt",
writes Brocklehurst in his author's note. He ably describes all
manner of big game, presenting them in alphabetical order
from addax to Grant's zebra. The text is beautifully
complemented by W.H. Riddell's coloured plates, and life-size
silhouettes of spoor. Included is a six-page chapter entitled
"On Killing Elephant" by W.D.M. Bell (Czech, An Annotated
Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785-1950, p.22).
Recorded shipping weight 2000g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
Gurney and Jackson
London
1931
First edition.
Very good
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Capt. H. C. Brocklehurst GAME ANIMALS OF THE SUDAN: Their Habits and Distribution
Gurney and Jackson
London
1931
First edition.
Very good
For further details and and to bid visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
1 volume. "Sudan Bookshop Khartoum " 1934.
Previous owner Gavin Burton Stewart gifted the volume to
Colin Burton Stewart with the following inscription.
1954; "Colin: I knew Brocklehurst well: he was Game Warden of the Sudan
and succeeded by "Pango" Barker who is still there.
Brocklehurst was drowned in the Salween River in Burma
during the retreat of the British Forces from Rangoon to Assam
in 1942: I was in Calcutta and present at that time forming
what was later to be Force 136."
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.history.war.world-war-ii/s0WXpjm_SeA
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37977/supplement/2591/data.pdf
Publishers tan cloth with gilt lion vignette on cover.
Gilt title on spine. Gilt top page edges.
xix, 170 pages + colour frontispiece with tissue-guard.
11 colour plates + 14 black and white plates.
Folding map + in-text illustrations.
"Read all you can about the animals you intend to hunt",
writes Brocklehurst in his author's note. He ably describes all
manner of big game, presenting them in alphabetical order
from addax to Grant's zebra. The text is beautifully
complemented by W.H. Riddell's coloured plates, and life-size
silhouettes of spoor. Included is a six-page chapter entitled
"On Killing Elephant" by W.D.M. Bell (Czech, An Annotated
Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785-1950, p.22).
Recorded shipping weight 2000g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
Gurney and Jackson
London
1931
First edition.
Very good
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