Beschreibung:

Chapman, Abel
On Safari - First Edition.
Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa with Studies in Bird-Life.
Published: Edward Arnold, London, 1980
A prolific sporting author, Chapman combines fluid writing style with his exciting experiences hunting in British East Africa. He followed the Uganda Railway, with hunting excursions toward Lake Elenmentia and also westward to the Enderit River and along Lake Nakuru. On a 1904 hunt, Chapman describes his trek across the Athi Plains. There are plentiful hunting experiences including lion, waterbuck, rhino, elephant, gazelle, eland, kudu, buffalo etc. The illustrations are plentiful and come from photographs and the talented pen of Edmund Caldwell Half brown leather and marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. xvi plus 340 pages + 16 pages publishers advertisements. Frontis with tissue guard, with 170 illustrations by the author and E.Caldwell, sketch-maps and photographs. Contents very clean with light external wear to boards. Very Good Condition. SOURCE: CZECH. Pages 59-60. Binding Condition: Very Good Overall Condition: Very Good Size: 23 x 15 cm