HUNTING BIG GAME: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRUE AND THRILLING ADVENTURES. VOLUME I: AFRICA AND ASIA. Edited by Townsend Whelen.
(1927) 1989 new edition reprint Large 8vo (156 x 234mm). Ppviii,339. B/w photograph plates and line illustrations, patterned end-papers. Quarter-bound in dark brown faux leather over stone cloth, small gilt wolf motif to upper board, four raised bands and gilt titles to spine, all edges gilt, silk marker ribbon.
Originally published by The Military service Publishing Company, 1946. This 1989 reprint of the Wolfe Publishing edition is limited to 1500 copies. The first printing of the Wolfe Publishing edition was limited to 1000 numbered copies. Townsend Whelen presents accounts by and of significant explorers from the last generation when actual exploration was possible. Several chapters each are contributed by: Frederick Courteney Selous (four chapters); William Cotton Oswell (seven chapters); Sir Samuel White Baker (five chapters); Arthur H. Neumann (five chapters); St. George Littledale (two chapters); Frederick Vaughan Kirby (four chapters).
Originally published by The Military service Publishing Company, 1946. This 1989 reprint of the Wolfe Publishing edition is limited to 1500 copies. The first printing of the Wolfe Publishing edition was limited to 1000 numbered copies. Townsend Whelen presents accounts by and of significant explorers from the last generation when actual exploration was possible. Several chapters each are contributed by: Frederick Courteney Selous (four chapters); William Cotton Oswell (seven chapters); Sir Samuel White Baker (five chapters); Arthur H. Neumann (five chapters); St. George Littledale (two chapters); Frederick Vaughan Kirby (four chapters).
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50451
Author | Whelen (Townsend). |
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Book Code | 50451 |
ISBN | 093563276X / 093563276X. |
Book Description | Very good copy. Number 161 of 1500 copies. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1989 |
Publisher | Wolfe Publishing Company. |
Place | Prescott, Arizona. |