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Auction archive: Lot number 11

Africa.- Big Game.- Lyell (Denis D.) The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game, first edition, 1929; African Adventure. Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters, first edition, 1929; Memories of an African Hunter, 1924; and another (4)

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$258 - US$387
Price realised:
£260
ca. US$335
Auction archive: Lot number 11

Africa.- Big Game.- Lyell (Denis D.) The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game, first edition, 1929; African Adventure. Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters, first edition, 1929; Memories of an African Hunter, 1924; and another (4)

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$258 - US$387
Price realised:
£260
ca. US$335
Beschreibung:

Africa.- Big Game.- Lyell (Denis D.) The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, bookplate of William Heneage Wynne Finch, original buckram, spine a little browned (as usual), slight bumping to corners, 1929; African Adventure. Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates (1 misbound), occasional spotting, modern half morocco, gilt, 1935; Memories of an African Hunter, frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1924, [Czech pp.102-103]; and another copy of the second, 4to & 8vo (4) ⁂ "Lyell provides the rules for hunting big game, as well as chapters dealing with rifle selection and tracking game ... An essential work aimed at a generation of new hunters visiting Africa at the time." Czech p.102

Auction archive: Lot number 11
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2018
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Africa.- Big Game.- Lyell (Denis D.) The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, bookplate of William Heneage Wynne Finch, original buckram, spine a little browned (as usual), slight bumping to corners, 1929; African Adventure. Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates (1 misbound), occasional spotting, modern half morocco, gilt, 1935; Memories of an African Hunter, frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1924, [Czech pp.102-103]; and another copy of the second, 4to & 8vo (4) ⁂ "Lyell provides the rules for hunting big game, as well as chapters dealing with rifle selection and tracking game ... An essential work aimed at a generation of new hunters visiting Africa at the time." Czech p.102

Auction archive: Lot number 11
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2018
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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