THE SPORTSMAN IN SOUTH AFRICA - Nicolls (James A.) & Eglington (William)

 Bookplate of previous owner in front.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography, volume 2 page102:  'A description of the game animals, birds and ferae of South Africa adapted for the use of sportsmen...The work sets forth "in a simple and practical way....the methods adopted in the discovery and pursuit of every description of animal indigenous to that portion of Africa south of the Zambesi which is like to show sport, including...the game birds...together with some of its fresh-water and sea-fish.' Czech (Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of Big Game Hunting Books 1785 1999page 208: 'The authors provide information to newcomers to South Africa to prepare them for the types of game to be encountered, as well as their regions and habitat. While much of the work is natural history oriented, there is still a substantial dash of hunting experiences related by the pair'.

First edition: 147 + 10 pages of commercial advertisements at the end, 12 plates, brown cloth over beveled boards, titled gilt on spine, repeated in dark brown with a sketch of a saddled horse on the upper cover, marks on the covers, frontispiece, errata slip tipped in at the preface, light foxing,  a good copy.

The haunts, habits, description, and the pursuit of all game, both fur and feather, found south of the Zambesi (including the Cape Colony, Transvaal, Bechuanaland, Natal, and Damaraland), at the present day, with brief notes of the best known fresh and salt-water fish.