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Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers
por Millais, J. G
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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Sobre este item
(London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1918). First edition. Demy 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; no dustwrapper; pp. xi + (iii) + 387, incl. index; frontis. portrait; several plates after photographs and the author's own artwork. Corners bumped and cloth rubbed; binding slack; scattered, moderate foxing; contemporary gift inscription to flyleaf. Good only. (Czech, p. 196) Classic biography of the greatest big-game hunter. "Written as a tribute to Selous, who was killed in action against German forces in East Africa during the Great War, Millais includes numerous passages from his subject's books and articles, recounting big-game hunting adventures in Africa and other international locales." - Czech: An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 to 1999. .
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- Livreiro
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 13212
- Título
- Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers
- Autor
- Millais, J. G
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1918)
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palavras-chave
- Hunting. Natural History. Exploration. Rhodesia Hunting
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Hunting;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Membro de Biblio desde 2018
Port Elizabeth
Sobre Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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