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HEPBURN, A. Barton. The Story of an Outing.New York and London : 1913
First edition. "Hunting in open country near Mt. Kenia, the author bagged a large variety of plains game including lesser kudu, gazelle, impala, wildebeest, and eland, as well as lion and buffalo. Perhaps the most exciting passage in this little volume is taken from a letter written by Hepburn's companion, H. Lloyd Folsom, detailing the dangers of a... Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 102006
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WARD, Rowland. A Naturalist's Life Study in the Art of Taxidermy.London : 1913
First edition, first impression. Rowland Ward was the Michelangelo of Victorian taxidermy, that most Victorian of art-forms. An innovator who developed many techniques still used today, basing his work on painstaking observation he brought the techniques of naturalistic display to their high point. He was a friend of many of the greatest sportsmen of... Learn More£1,650.00Stock Code: 132698
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BAINES, Thomas. The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa.London : 1877
First edition. Baines (1820-1875) was one of the pioneers of European exploration in the lands forming modern Zimbabwe, where he led an expedition in the 1860s to secure concessions for a gold-mining company from King Lobengula. Although the company in question failed to take advantage of the terms Baines extracted, this posthumously-edited account... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 119268
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WARD, Edwin. Knapsack-Manual for Sportsmen on the Field.London : 1872
First and only edition of this rarely encountered field manual for big game trophy hunters, which identifies the species to seek in the various "hunting fields" of the world, and sets out the taxidermy techniques of preservation, preparation, and "artistic setting up" in the creation of a private museum. A well-preserved copy in the attractive original... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 141980
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SCHWEINFURTH, Georg. The Heart of Africa.London : 1873
First edition, published in German at Leipzig the following year, as Im Herzen von Afrika. Schweinfurth's important narrative of his expedition to the western tributaries of the Upper Nile is "a most valuable accumulation of geographical and ethnographic data for regions never before visited by Europeans", including extensive notes on the flora and... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 126037
