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Auction No 368, Tag: Africa

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)

R. Lydekker and J.G. Dollman "The Game Animals of Africa", Rowland Ward, 1926, 2nd Edn,

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £24
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R. Lydekker and J.G. Dollman The Game Animals of Africa, Rowland Ward, 1926, 2nd Edn, quarter leather over printed boards, gilt titles on spine a little faded, small ownership stamp & signature front endpaper; VG internally including 31 full-page plates; pp.xiv,483,(5)

Cooke Yarborough (Ed.) "The Diary of a Working Man in Central Africa 1884-1887", SPCK,

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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Cooke Yarborough (Ed.) The Diary of a Working Man in Central Africa 1884-1887, SPCK, ownership inscription of 1897; John Geddie The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 1881; John Burger African Adventures, 1957; John Jordan The Elephant Stone, 1959 in fine d/jkt; H.N. Hemans The Log of A Native Commissioner, Witherby, 1935, spotting to edge of text block; and another. Mostly 1st Editions. Good to fine (5)

Theodore Roosevelt "African Game Trails", 1910, and "Through the Brazilian Wilderness", 1914,

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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Theodore Roosevelt African Game Trails, 1910, and Through the Brazilian Wilderness, 1914, both John Murray First Editions, latter showing some subtle repair to the cloth binding; uncut two sides; plates and maps complete. VG (2)

                        

Travel and Hunting selection including Foenander "Big Game of Malaya", 1952 in d/jkt;

Lot: 135

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Travel and Hunting selection including Foenander Big Game of Malaya, 1952 in d/jkt; Millais Wanderings and Memories, 1919; P.M.Stewart Tales of Travel and Sport, 1930, rebound; Denis Lyell The African Elephant and its Hunters, 1994 reprint in d/jkt; and related. Good to VF (8)

C. H. Stigand "Hunting the Elephant in Africa, and other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings"

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £145
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C. H. Stigand Hunting the Elephant in Africa, and other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings Macmillan, New York, 1913, First Edition, original gilt cloth, VG; complete with 16pp of photo-plates and folding chart of tusk measurements. 370pp plus prelims. Bookplate of the Society of Writers. 

Hunting, Shooting and Travel selection including E.Bennet "Shots and Snapshots in British East Africa",

Lot: 144

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £175
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Hunting, Shooting and Travel selection including E.Bennet Shots and Snapshots in British East Africa, 1914, original gilt cloth, VG; C.E. Gouldsbury Tiger Slayer by Order, 1916, some foxing; Corbett The Temple Tiger, OUP, 1954 in d/jkt; Willcocks From Kabul to Kumassi, Murray, 1904, worn cloth, maps complete; and others. Fair to VF (10)

Richard Harland "The Hunting Imperative", 2001, and Robert Foran "The Elephant Hunters of the Lado", 2007,

Lot: 147

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £54
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Richard Harland The Hunting Imperative, 2001, and Robert Foran The Elephant Hunters of the Lado, 2007, both VF in d/jkts; Tony Henley Round the Campfire, & Hunting and Wildlife in Botswana, 2002, publisher’s proof copy in gilt cloth binding; and another. (4) VG/VF