"THE WANDERINGS OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER" WDM BELL

"THE WANDERINGS OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER" WDM BELL, HARDCOVER, 1981, 187 PAGES, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. NO NAMES OR INSCRIPTIONS. SLIGHT EDGEWEAR TO DUST JACKET, EVIDENCE OF FOXING ON FEP AND BEP.

The greatest of all elephant books by the greatest of all elephant hunters. Includes the diagrams of shot placement, perfected by Bell that made this book so desirable.The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter is the story of Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell, a famous big game hunter in East Africa. 'Karamojo Bell,' as he was known, devised many original techniques to seek out and capture his quarry, including a difficult rifle shot from a diagonal angle, later dubbed 'The Bell Shot.' Wanderings details Bell's ingenious ivory-hunting methodology, as well as his many interesting encounters on safari.