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Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, with a monograph on the African elephant

Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, with a monograph on the African elephant

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Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, with a monograph on the African elephant

by Maxwell, Marius

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Original publisher's dark blue cloth, t.e.g. Very Good, some minor staining on back cover
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London: The Medici Society Limited 7 Grafton Street, 1924. First edition, Number 157 of 568 copies (550 for sale) numbered and signed by Maxwell. Printed by the Arden Press. With 113 plates (some folding) in photogravure after photographs by the author and a colored map of Kenya Colony. Laid in a pocket at the rear is a 4-page folding reproduction of the frontispiece, which is a close-up photograph of half a dozen advancing elephants. xxii, 202 pp. 1 vols. Imperial Quarto. Original publisher's dark blue cloth, t.e.g. Very Good, some minor staining on back cover. First edition, Number 157 of 568 copies (550 for sale) numbered and signed by Maxwell. Printed by the Arden Press. With 113 plates (some folding) in photogravure after photographs by the author and a colored map of Kenya Colony. Laid in a pocket at the rear is a 4-page folding reproduction of the frontispiece, which is a close-up photograph of half a dozen advancing elephants. xxii, 202 pp. 1 vols. Imperial Quarto. Czech, p. 186

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James Cummins Bookseller US (US)
Seller's Inventory #
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Title
Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, with a monograph on the African elephant
Author
Maxwell, Marius
Format/Binding
With 113 plates (some folding) in photogravure after photographs by the author and a colored map of Kenya Colony. Laid in a pock
Book Condition
Used - Original publisher's dark blue cloth, t.e.g. Very Good, some minor staining on back cover
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition, Number 157 of 568 copies (550 for sale) numbered
Publisher
The Medici Society Limited 7 Grafton Street
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1924
Keywords
Big Game | Africa
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History, Travel & Geography; Sports & Games;

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