African Adventure
by Ker, Donald I
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/VG+ to Near Fine
- Seller
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Agoura, California, United States
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About This Item
Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1957. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG+ to Near Fine. 248 pp, ill. The author's hunts by himself and then while with famous clients. Author was founder of the famous Ker & Downey Safari Company. Part I are hunts by Ker himself. Part two are hunts with his famous clients. Great reading and popular ever since it was printed. Near fine in like dj. AND inscribed by Ker to stock broker Dean Witter with Witter's printed bookplate inside front cover. Very bottom of bookplate is a little rubbed.Lovely association copy.
Synopsis
African Adventure is a 1963 children's book by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his "Adventure" series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt. On Safari in Uganda, Hal and Roger manage to capture a varied collection of African animals including hippo, hyena, cape buffalo, and leopard. But their efforts are threatened by the antics of fraudulent White Hunter "Colonel" Benjamin Bigg, and by a member of the Leopard Society who is out to kill them.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trophy Room Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6203
- Title
- African Adventure
- Author
- Ker, Donald I
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG+ to Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Stackpole
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg PA
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Big game hunting, African big game Hunting, East Africa, Hunting, Safaris, Donald Ker, Ker & Downey
- Bookseller catalogs
- Out of Print Big Game Hunting Books;
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