INCIDENTS FROM AN ELEPHANT HUNTER'S DIARY. By W.D.M. Bell. Classics in African Hunting series No. 85.
2017 1st edition. 4to (198 x 262mm). Ppxxviii,308. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by the author, maps. Tan and maroon cloth, gilt elephant motif and titles to upper board and spine. Maroon slipcase. Edition limited to 1000 copies.
A brand new compilation of Karamojo Bell's short stories, all previously unpublished. "Once again the legendary Karamojo Bell marches through the wilds of Africa-traversing a land virtually untouched by modern civilization in search of adventure and ivory... Join us as Bell takes us to a land with vast herds of wildlife living in rough equilibrium with the native human populations. Through his earlier books Bell gained the reputation for being an excellent marksman who shot small-caliber guns at giant elephants with deadly precision. Bell was best known for his exploits in Karamoja, in what is now largely Uganda, and in these newly unearthed short stories, we again find him in familiar terrain and with his faithful retinue of trackers and camp followers. We also find Bell in unfamiliar terrain. Travel with Bell to the French Congo where he encounters a man-eating leopard, and go along with him to West Africa when he ventures into the rain forest with the Pygmies to test his luck against elephants in dense vegetation. Then there are some wonderfully descriptive stories of an elephant camp and its social life, crocodiles that menace a village, several hunts for elephants on islands in the Ubangi River (not for the faint of heart!), and a trip from Kano to Khartoum via motor car. These are just a few of our cache of new stories - original adventures never before published." This first edition, the 85th volume in the publisher's Classics in African Hunting series, is limited to only 1,000 numbered copies. The format of the binding has been designed to mirror that of Bell's first book, the 1923 first edition of Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter. Introductory material by Ludo J. Wurfbain, J.H. Cleave and Frank Wallace.
A brand new compilation of Karamojo Bell's short stories, all previously unpublished. "Once again the legendary Karamojo Bell marches through the wilds of Africa-traversing a land virtually untouched by modern civilization in search of adventure and ivory... Join us as Bell takes us to a land with vast herds of wildlife living in rough equilibrium with the native human populations. Through his earlier books Bell gained the reputation for being an excellent marksman who shot small-caliber guns at giant elephants with deadly precision. Bell was best known for his exploits in Karamoja, in what is now largely Uganda, and in these newly unearthed short stories, we again find him in familiar terrain and with his faithful retinue of trackers and camp followers. We also find Bell in unfamiliar terrain. Travel with Bell to the French Congo where he encounters a man-eating leopard, and go along with him to West Africa when he ventures into the rain forest with the Pygmies to test his luck against elephants in dense vegetation. Then there are some wonderfully descriptive stories of an elephant camp and its social life, crocodiles that menace a village, several hunts for elephants on islands in the Ubangi River (not for the faint of heart!), and a trip from Kano to Khartoum via motor car. These are just a few of our cache of new stories - original adventures never before published." This first edition, the 85th volume in the publisher's Classics in African Hunting series, is limited to only 1,000 numbered copies. The format of the binding has been designed to mirror that of Bell's first book, the 1923 first edition of Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter. Introductory material by Ludo J. Wurfbain, J.H. Cleave and Frank Wallace.
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Book Code
45702
| Author | Bell (Walter Dalrymple Maitland). (1880-1954). |
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| Book Code | 45702 |
| ISBN | 1571574956 / 9781571574954. |
| Book Description | Mint unread copy in slipcase. Numbered copy from an edition limited to 1000 copies. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 2017 |
| Publisher | Safari Press. |
| Place | Long Beach, California. |