Sale 19JJ03 | Lot 168

GONTARD, ETIENNE P. V. Other People.

Catalogue: Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

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Lot 168
GONTARD, ETIENNE P. V. Other People.
Hollywood: Murray & Gee, 1942. First edition. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket. 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches; [199] pp.; illustrated throughout. Jacket spine darkened, jacket a bit edgeworn, cloth tips bumped, endpapers lightly toned.
"Of the 23 chapters detailing vignettes from the author's life in Kenya and Tanzania are two chapters on lion hunting. Gontard's hunting partner was badly mauled by a lion near Arusha and barely survived the encounter. There is also smaller mention of hnting hippo and elephant" (Czech). Czech, Africa, p. 109.


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Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 11am EDT