EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME; THE NARRATIVE OF A SPORTING TRIP FROM ZANZIBAR TO THE BORDERS OF THE MASAI. Briar Patch Press African Collection.
Willoughby, John C. [John Christopher Willoughby], 1859-1918. R.G. Harvey [Robert Grenville Harvey], 1856-1931 (contributor). H.C.V. Hunter [Henry Charles Vicars Hunter], 1861-1934 (Appendix). Jim Casada (Foreword). Briar Patch Press.
ISBN 10: 0922724261 ISBN 13: 9780922724260
Published by Camden, SC: Briar Patch Press, 1990., 1990
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xxviii, 303 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 16cm. No dust jacket preesnt (Briar Patch Press generally issued their trade edition books with undecorated glassine djs which were usually discarded). Full black leather; vibrant gilt stamping to front board and spine with latter additionally decorated with three raised bands. All edges gilt; colorful patterned endpapers; sewn-in silk ribbon page marker. Pages are bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. A fine copy. Originally published in 1889 and includes "Letter from Sir R.G. Harvey Including an Account of a Trip up the Tana River" (pages 262-283) and "Appendix I: List of Fauna Found Chiefly in the Plains Round Killima-Njaro [Mount Kilimanjaro]" compiled by H.C.V. Hunter (pages 284-293), and concluding "Appendix II: English-Swaheli [Swahili] Vocabulary of Useful Words and Phrases" (pages 295-303), ISBN 0922724261. Seller Inventory # CVA-00004
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Title: EAST AFRICA AND ITS BIG GAME; THE NARRATIVE ...
Publisher: Camden, SC: Briar Patch Press, 1990.
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Hardcover