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Description: (Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st English language edition. 8vo (164 x 244mm). Pp285 + iii notes. B/w photographs, pictorial end-papers. Green bonded leather, gilt elephant motif and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Red slipcase. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Top edge foxed o/w near fine in slipcase. Number 697 of 1000 copies. Signed by the author. Thirty-two years of hunting in Mozambique, predominantly elephant hunting. Includes interesting chapters on hunters he has known to have been killed by elephants as well as a technical section on guns and ammunition. Chapters include:- The hunting life; The African tracker; The game; The elephant charge; Learning from experience; Becoming a student of arms; Ammunition tests and experiments; That movie; Safaris; The first lions; Buffalo; Believe it or not; The thief; A strange accident; The moment of truth; A round that failed; The old murderess; The elephant and the snake; The "other" elephant; Xijeepana; Hunting dangerous game; The elephant hunter; The last hunt. This was the 24th book published by Safari Press and volume six in the Classics in African Hunting series. One thousand numbered copies were printed, each signed by the author. .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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Description: (Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st English language edition. 8vo (164 x 244mm). Pp285 + iii notes. B/w photographs, pictorial end-papers. Green bonded leather, gilt elephant motif and titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Red slipcase. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Fine in slipcase. Number 456 of 1000 copies. Signed by the author. Thirty-two years of hunting in Mozambique, predominantly elephant hunting. Includes interesting chapters on hunters he has known to have been killed by elephants as well as a technical section on guns and ammunition. Chapters include:- The hunting life; The African tracker; The game; The elephant charge; Learning from experience; Becoming a student of arms; Ammunition tests and experiments; That movie; Safaris; The first lions; Buffalo; Believe it or not; The thief; A strange accident; The moment of truth; A round that failed; The old murderess; The elephant and the snake; The "other" elephant; Xijeepana; Hunting dangerous game; The elephant hunter; The last hunt. This was the 24th book published by Safari Press and volume six in the Classics in African Hunting series. One thousand numbered copies were printed, each signed by the author. .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom