FIRST UK EDITION, Published by Cassell, 1975, hardcover, large format, illustrated, index, 522 pages, 24.2 cms x 31 cms x 4 cms, professional repair to upper margin of spine (loss of two text letters), no dust jacket, otherwise condition: very good.
Generally regarded as the most comprehensive title ever on African hunting.
There are 380 first-clasminor bumping to corners, s black-and-white pictures on the 522 pages, with 52 chapters focusing on 20 different African countries. The scope of this book is more exhaustive than ANY other book on African hunting. James Mellon led the Carnegie Museum's East African expedition, which collected more than 3,500 bird, mammal, and reptile specimens for scientific study, and he spent 15 years in Africa hunting and collecting his specimens. This book is a result of that and other expeditions, and it covers all African game animals.
"Reminiscent of Maydon's Big Game Shooting in Africa, this comprehensive work identifies the continent's big game, its location and distribution in twenty countries, natural history and hunting incidents. Among the contributing authors, besides Mellon are C.J.P. Ionides, H.W. Klein, Ian Henderson, Warren Page etc. There is also an interesting chapter by Rowland Ward of London on the skinning and preservation of big game trophies."
An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 1999, Dr. Kenneth Czech.
A LARGE BOOK
Included with this book is
A Naturalist's Life Study in the Art of Taxidermy
by Rowland Ward
A finely crafted reprinting of the scarce and expensive privately printed edition published in 1913. Ward was not only a renowned taxidermist specializing in mounting big game trophies, but also a publishers of sporting and natural history books. This is an as new copy in the dark brown cloth, gilt titles, and ivory-colored pictorial inset on the front board.
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