Sale 19JJ03 | Lot 248

MARTIN, ANNIE Home Life on an Ostrich Farm.

Catalogue: Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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Lot 248
MARTIN, ANNIE Home Life on an Ostrich Farm.
London: George Philip & Son, 1890. First edition. Publisher's brown decorative cloth. 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 288 pp.; frontispiece, plates, half-title. Extremities bumped, hinges strengthened, upper corner of title page renewed, minor foxing to first few leaves, ownership signature of C. Bell Taylor to dedication page.
"Hardly a big game hunting title per se, this volume describing South African ranch life does include an interesting account of a wounded buffalo attacking a hunter's horse; a springbok hunt in the Karoo region; and additional mention of hunting leopards and baboons" (Czech). Czech, Africa, p. 182.


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

Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 11am EDT