GREAT AFRICAN TROPHIES. By Diana Rupp.

# (2016) 2017 2nd edition. Square 4to (272 x 261mm). Ppxviii,254. Colour photographs throughout, b/w photographs, decorative end-papers. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt.

# "Great African Trophies is a photographic showcase of some of the greatest game trophies ever taken on the Dark Continent, and it includes elephants, buffalo, the big cats, spiral-horned antelopes, and dozens of other magnificent animals. The focus is on animals that rank in the top five of each species in the Safari Club International and Rowland Ward record books, but also included are historic, unlisted, and little-known trophies, along with their stories." Nothing fascinates like ivory, and tuskers known to be in the top ten of Rowland Ward are huge, yet there are other giant tuskers that were never recorded but would fall in the top ten, and all of these have marvellous stories to tell. An extravagantly produced coffee-table book.