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Big Game Shooting in Africa
by Maydon, H. C. (Major) (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Seeley, Service & Co.. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Heavy rubbing and flecking to cloth boards. Moderate foxing to page edges. Narrow split to gutter at front hinge. ; 445, [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + plates. Brown cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Gilt "L" and crown on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 212 x 138mm. Map of Africa on front endpaper. Series: The Lonsdale Library, Volume XIV. [Reference: Czach, African, p. 187 : "An essential title in the African big game library, this work calls on the talents of numerous African sportsmen as contributors describing the hunting regions of the continent [. . .]"] .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25418
- Title
- Big Game Shooting in Africa
- Author
- Maydon, H. C. (Major) (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Seeley, Service & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Rubbing
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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