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LION-HUNTING IN SOMALILAND. ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF "PIGSTICKING" THE AFRICAN WART-HOG. by Melliss, C.J., Captain
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LION-HUNTING IN SOMALILAND. ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF "PIGSTICKING" THE AFRICAN WART-HOG.
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St. Martin's Press, New York, (1991), Ist edition thus - reprint of the original edition with editor's note. 186 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0312054637 From the Peter Capstick Library - reprints of hunting and adventure classics. B&w frontis by Cecil Aldin, b&w photos. "A captain in the 9th Bombay Infantry, C.J. Melliss was a pi oneer of those professional soldiers of the Thin Red Line of Empire on Indian duty who found new areas of sport (in Somaliland). Ranging well inland (M)elliss was able to hunt lions and 'pigstick' warhogs, replacing the Indian sport of tiger and w ild boar hunting. He tells in this book of a day long gone when gentlemen holding the King's commission could pit their rifles against lions in the most primitive conditions, as well as their hand at warthogs with a bamboo and steel lance." Tiny b ump on top edge of rear board and at bottom of spine, light fading to top/bottom edges of boards. Dust jacket has very minor wrinkle at top of spine. Very good+/Near fine.
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Lion Hunting in Smaliland. Also, An Account of "Pigsticking" The African Wart-Hog.
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LION HUNTING IN SOMALILAND
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 186 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white photographs. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Editor's Note to the Reprint Edition by Peter Hathaway Capstick; Lion Hunting in Somali-land; and Pigsticking in the Somali Country, East Africa - The African Wart Hog..
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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1991. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Aldin, Cecil. Stated First Edition (First Thus) With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Originally Published 1895. The Upper Corners Are Bumped. The Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition With Short Tear At The Upper Back Edge.
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