Lot Details
Lot 98
COTTON, W. B. Sport in the Eastern Sudan from Souakin to the Blue Nile.
London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1912. First edition, second issue without the map. Publisher's tan cloth gilt. 7 3/4 x 5 inches; x, 285, [5] pp.; half-title, publisher's advertisements. Spine ends bumped, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else fine.
"A rather scarce Rowland Ward publication, the first issue was published with a map and map pocket, while the second issue apparently lacked both. This work details the author's 1910-11 expedition on which he bagged gazelle, leopard and hippopotamus near the Atbara River. Continuing on to the Setit, he shot lion, buffalo, kudu and other plains game, some from a machan near a watering hole. Cotton then trekked to the Rahad and Dinder Rivers where he collected lion, buffalo, hippopotamus and a variety of plains game. The nine month safari cost Cotton £750!" (Czech). Czech, Africa, p. 67.
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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