![[HUNTING - AFRICA] DRUMMOND, W. H. The Large Game And Natural History of South and South-East Africa. From the Journals of the Hon. W. H. Drummond.](/sites/default/files/styles/auction_slider/public/images/lots/028/1612028.jpg?itok=m1WGeeLa)
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Lot 92
[HUNTING - AFRICA] DRUMMOND, W. H. The Large Game And Natural History of South and South-East Africa. From the Journals of the Hon. W. H. Drummond.
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1875. First edition. Publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. 8 7/ x 6 1/8 inches (22.75 x 15.75 cm); xxi, 428 pp.; chromolithographed frontispiece, tinted lithographed plates, in-text illustrations, full-page map, half-title. Light wear to extremities, cloth bubbling in a few small places, slight lean, binders label on rear pastedown, contents quite fresh, an attractive copy.
"While the title suggests that this is a more scientific title, most of the text revolves around Drummond's sporting adventures for 1868 to 1872. There are long chapters describing his hunting experiences after buffalo, eland, lion, elephant and leopard with attendant narrative on various antelope and on hunting with dogs." Czech, Africa, pp. 85-86.
C The Property of a New England Family
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