Sale 19JJ03 | Lot 242

LYELL, DENIS D. The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game. With life-size Illustrations of most of the Game Tracks.

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

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Lot 242
LYELL, DENIS D. The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game. With life-size Illustrations of most of the Game Tracks.
London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1929. First edition. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket. 9 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches; xiv, 234, [6] pp.; frontispiece, in-text illustrations, half-title, publisher's advertisements. Jacket with some surface soiling and minor edgewear, cloth a bit stained and rippled, light foxing to endpapers and fore-edge.
Uncommon in dust jacket. "Lyell provide [sic] rules for hunting big game, as well as chapters dealing with rifle selection and tracking game. The remainder of the text examines the natural history, traits and methods of hunting, species by species. The illustrations consist of sketches of the spoor of game animals, many being life sized. An essential work aimed at a generation of new hunters visiting Africa at the time" (Czech). Czech, Africa, p. 174.


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Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for $225 (includes buyer's premium)

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

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