Karamojo Safari by Bell, W.D.M - 1949

Garnier Freres; Paris., 1878. `Nouvelle edition`. . Hard. Very Good. 12mo. 7 1/5".. Very good. Contemporaneous half calf and marbled boards. Five raised bands and gilt tooling and gilt lettered calf tile to spine. Marbled endpapers. Lightly foxed throughout. 445pp.

Essex, UK: Neville Spearman, 1986. Reprint. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 288 pages. Very good hardcover with slight age toning of the text block, else fine. Price clipped dustjacket in protective mylar. 'Karamojo' Bell became a legend within his lifetime, for he was perhaps the greatest of all elephant hunters. Hunters in East Africa will call your attention to Bell, not because he killed so many elephants, but because he understood them so well. A combination of professional killer and the artist-adventurer is not so rare as one might think. A man must have something of the poet in him to become a great hunter, and it is a matter of record that practically all of the great hunters of Africa have become mystics.

UK: Gollancz. Fair. Hardcover. 1949. 288 pages. cloth faded unevenly front hinge restored .

Victor Gollancz, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. the boards are worn and marked and the spine is faded and discoloured. there are no inscriptions but there is foxing mainly affecting the early pages. the binding is excellent.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

1949. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. XI, 298 pages. Hardcover [publisher's original salmon cloth] with lettering on spine / without the dustjacket. Design on front board. Mapped endpapers showing 'Route of Author's Safari Through Karamojo.' Very good- condition. Signs of external wear. Boards and spine show significant fading and discoloration from wear. Binding is still firm and strong. Interior is bright and clean. Karamojo Safari is the tale of Walter Bell's epic journey into Karamojo (now Uganda & Kenya). Bell's safari lasted 14 months, and during that time he shot 180 elephants and brought back 18,762 pounds of ivory. Of these, 31 tusks weighed over 100 pounds each, and the largest pair weighed in at 145 and 148 pounds. His trip netted Bell £6000 profit. (Kirkus Review) Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell (8 September 1880 - 30 June 1954), known as Karamojo Bell, was a Scottish adventurer, big game hunter in East Africa, soldier, decorated fighter pilot, sailor,… Read More

Harcourt, Brace and Company. Hardcover. Good/Good. B000I21ZJK An early reprint in a moderately worn jacket, price-clipped dust jacket with sunned spine. Jacket placed in clear archival protective sleeve. Half title page has previous owner's name in ink. Binding is good and remaining pages are clean and unmarked. No statement of edition - 1949. Jacket Condition - Good. Book Condition - Very Good.

NY: Harcourt Brace, 1949. First. Hardcover. VG+ to near Fine/VG+. 298 pp, appendix, end paper maps. Classic on elephant hunting. A great reading book. First American edition. Hunting in the district in Africa known for its large tusked elephants - and exciting hunting action. A classic. Vg+ to near finein vg+ dj.

Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First US edition, first edition stated on copyright page. Book very good with faded covers and spine, a few soiling spots on printed front free end paper. Dust jacket good, some wear and part of rear flap missing.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Just about fine in a slightly spine-faded and price-clipped, near fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy.