CHAPMAN, Abel

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CHAPMAN, Abel
Savage Sudan, its Wild Tribes, Big- Game and Bird-Life. London & Edinburgh, Gurney and Jackson, 1921. Large in-8 (20 x 152 mm) of XX, 452 pp. 248 illustrations (including the frontispiece map) from the author's drawings. Green illustrated percale, decorated boards (boar and buffalo), smooth spine with gilt title, gilt head (publisher's binding). Czech, African Big Game, 35 (describes red cloth binding). First edition of the hunting stories from Khartoum. "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). Minor spotting, rare foxing, notably on the sections, no dust jacket. Provenance: Forêt de Crécy (bookplate).
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