Lyell, Denis

Wild Life in Central Africa

London: Horace Cox, 1912. First. Orig Pictorial Cloth. 284 pp, ill, pub ads in rear. Deco end papers (orig). Author's ten years of hunting in northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and Nyasaland. Elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard and rhino plus sable and other plains game. Author hunted along the Zambesi River, Luangwa and elsewhere, of course. A classic and cornerstone work, perhaps one of Lyell's rarest. Also mentions other sport hunters. VG+ copy, RECASED in original cloth with original spine relaid. New end papers. Value priced for a first edition. Poor. Item #5055

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