Lot Details
Lot 281
NICOLLS, JAMES A. and EGLINGTON, WILLIAM The Sportsman in South Africa.
London: The British and Colonial Publications Co., 1892. First edition. Publisher's pictorial cloth. 9 5/8 x 6 inches; vi, [2], 147, [8] pp.; plates, half-title, errata slip, publisher's advertisments. Generally a bit worn with fraying to extremities and pale staining to spine, hinges cracked but holding, scattered foxing, sticker residue to front pastedown.
"The authors provide information to newcomers to South Africa to prepare them for the types of game to be encountered, as well as their regions and habitat. While much of the work is natural history oriented, there is still a substantial dash of hunting experiences related by the pair" (Czech). Czech, Africa, p. 208.
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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