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Camden, SC: The Premier Press. No. 558 of a limited edition of 3,000 copies. Full light gray leather with gilt titles and decorations.; all edges gilt; faux marbled endpapers; ribbon page marker. Illustrated in color and black & white. . Fine. Full-Leather. Limited Edition. 1987.

Witherby & Co., 1909 Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-lib in library binding. Usual library stamps and labels. A little shelf wear. Otherwise a tight, unmakred book. Illustrated with b/w photos. 379 pp..

USA: WOLFE LIBARY CLASSICS, 1988. HARDCOVER. MINT/N0 JACKET. Wolfe Library Classics, USA, 1988 based on 1907 edition, hardcover, limited edition #1263 of 1,500, mint book ( as new/appears unread), no jacket as issued, satin page ribbon, cloth with 1/4 leather binding, unmarked, not remaindered, bookclub or library, all pages gilded, beautiful and collectible

London: Witherby & Co, 1909. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Popular Edition. A Good copy. 8vo., 379 pp, illustrations. Light grey cloth, with title on the spine. Tight, contents clean, covers discolored, spine sunned, book plate. A Good copy. *** Frederick Courtney Selous (1851-1917) was an English born hunter, explorer, soldier and writer. Selous arrived in South Africa in 1870 determined to become an elephant hunter, hunting and trading predominantly in Mashonaland and Matabeleland until 1881, subsequently conducting several return hunting trips to Africa as well as hunting trips to Asia Minor, Wyoming, Transylvania, Canada, Sardinia, Kenya, the Yukon, Norway and the Sudan. Over the course of his life Selous shot 106 elephant, 177 buffalos, 31 lions, 23 white rhinoceros, 28 black rhinoceros, 67 giraffe and numerous antelope in Africa. Additionally, Selous shot moose, wapiti, caribou, wolf, lynx, deer and pronghorn in North America, red deer and wild goat in Asia… Read More

Camden SC: Premier Press, 1987. Limited edition Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Rungius, Carl. 419 pp, ill incl some in color by Carl Rungius. New intro by Chuck Wechsler of Sporting Classics. All edges gilt, in orig. gilt stamped imitation leather, marbled end papers. Silk ribbon market. A lovely reprint of a wonderful North American hunting book, the only one by the noted African Hunter, F C Selous. Fine.

Witherby & Co., London, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Selous, F C et al. 400 pages (complete). A whimsical copy. Ex-library (Howick Library) with consequent stamps, annotations, labels, wear and usage. The front pastedown has an ex-libris plate. The boards are scuffed, worn all about the edges and seams. They are benign. The book is gently aging, thus there is foxing, comforting wear, contented amenability. The pages are clean, clear, comfortable, certain and congenial. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.