African Rifles & Cartridges: The Experiences and Opinions of a Professional Ivory Hunter with Some Thirty Years of Continuous Living in the African Bush, Who Has Used All of the Various Calibers and Most of the Suitable Cartridges, and with Them Killed the Many Species of Big Game Found on the Continent of Africa. Drawings by E. Stanley Smith
by Taylor, John ("Pondoro")
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Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Company, 1951. Reprint of the 1948 original. 8vo. (10), 431 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, line drawings. Czech Africa, p. 163: "Sought-after classic in the field and has been reprinted several times. Taylor explores all facets of African rifle shooting ... considered the bible on the subject." Riling 2666. Very good. Gilt-stamped gray cloth, color illustrated dust jacket (frayed at spine ends). (7346).
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- African Rifles & Cartridges: The Experiences and Opinions of a Professional Ivory Hunter with Some Thirty Years of Continuous Living in the African Bush, Who Has Used All of the Various Calibers and Most of the Suitable Cartridges, and with Them Killed the Many Species of Big Game Found on the Continent of Africa. Drawings by E. Stanley Smith
- Author
- Taylor, John ("Pondoro")
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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- Stackpole Company
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg, PA
- Date Published
- 1951
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