Sport in Five Continents

E-340. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh & London, UK. 1912. X, 333 pgs. Illustrated with 47 unnumbered leaves of plates. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in decorated green cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are lightly scuffed and worn). Bookplate present to the FFEP. Light foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An interesting study into sporting habits across the world on five continents, looking into the games of hunting in places such as India, China, and Africa. The author hunted throughout the world, including Africa where he travelled to Somaliland in 1896 and collected lion. In 1900, he was in British East Africa hunting lion near Lucania Hill, hippopotamus on the Athi River and buffalo near the heights of the Donio Sabuk. He also includes a chapter on hunting and identifying various types of antelope including oryx. He also includes stalking gaur in the Neilgherry Hills and tiger in the Philibeet District of India as well as hunting goral and tufted deer near Ichang along the Yangtze River in China. Of North American interest are his hunts in British Columbia, Manitoba, and Rocky Mountains for grizzly bear, elk, mountain sheep and goat. Additionally, he describes hunting for red stags and fishing for trout in New Zealand. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .