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BIG GAME -- BRYDEN, Henry Anderson, editor. Great and Small Game of Africa. An Account of the Distribution, Habits, and Natural History of the Sporting Mammals, with Personal Hunting Experiences. London: Rowland Ward, 1899.
4° (288 x 218mm). 15 hand-coloured lithographic plates, photographic illustrations in the text. Original green half morocco, gilt spine, title in gilt on upper cover. Provenance: Abel Chapman (1851-1929), author and Big Game hunter (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC EDITION ON AFRICAN GAME, ONE OF 500 COPIES signed by the publisher and owned by Chapman. The contributors include Bryden himself and many other famous hunters, Lord Delamere, Sir Harry Johnston and F.C. Selous.
4° (288 x 218mm). 15 hand-coloured lithographic plates, photographic illustrations in the text. Original green half morocco, gilt spine, title in gilt on upper cover. Provenance: Abel Chapman (1851-1929), author and Big Game hunter (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS CLASSIC EDITION ON AFRICAN GAME, ONE OF 500 COPIES signed by the publisher and owned by Chapman. The contributors include Bryden himself and many other famous hunters, Lord Delamere, Sir Harry Johnston and F.C. Selous.
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