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CHAPMAN, Abel.
Savage Sudan. Its Wild Tribes, Big-game and Bird Life.
First edition. Exceptionally uncommon in jacket. "Chapman recounts his journey to Khartoum, then up the White Nile into Uganda. He hunted gazelle in the arid regions of the Sudan, then stalked tiang, hartebeest and roan near the Sobat River. As he continued up the White Nile, he bagged waterbuck, kob and lechwe. There are exciting encounters with buffalo, hippopotamus and elephant, the latter near the Zeraf River. Additional hunting for rhinoceros and eland took place near the Blue Nile and Dinder Rivers" (Czech). Described in the Journal of African Society as "A superb book; one to revel in," it is typical of the man " fluently written … discursive and anecdotal … display[ing] his wide general knowledge and competence with sketchbook and camera" (ODNB) An enviable copy.
Octavo. Original green combed cloth, title gilt to the spine, large solid block of a wart-hog boar to the upper board, and an outline of a Cape Buffalo to the lower, top edge gilt, the others uncut. With the dust jacket. Map frontispiece and 29 other plates, numerous illustrations to the text. A very slight touch of damp to the lower corner of the upper board with consequent light staining to the first few leaves, but overall an excellent copy, largely unopened, in the jacket with corresponding slight stain to the upper panel and some minor chipping, but minimal loss.
