The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter by W. D.M. Bell - 2004-07-05

Safari Press, 2004-03-10. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 2002. Reprint. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 187 pages. First published 1923, this is a reprint done 2002. Dust jacket with very minor edge wear. For African hunting interest this is a must read . The greatest of all elephant books, and perhaps one of the greatest elephant hunters, "Karamojo" Bell. (A rare item in first edition.) Bell writes of days at the beginning of the century when there was little or no restriction on the pursuit of big game and when elephant tusks fetched a tidy sum, savage tribes were still a menace and African potentates held sway, when there were bands of slavers and vast stretches of unknown territory. Illustrated with Bell's sketches.

Long Beach, California: Safari Press, 2002. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. First Safari Press printing with 1 in the numberline. New book, taken out of shrinkwrap for listing. This is the first printing by the Safari Press it was originally printed in 1923 by W.D.M. Bell. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Bell, 187 pages plus index.

Safari Press, 2004-03-10. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. 10x7x1. The First Printing of The Safari Press Edition. The greatest of all elephant books by the greatest of all elephant hunters, Karamojo Bell. Includes the diagrams of shot placement, perfected by Bell that made this book so desirable. Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell (8 September 1880 – 30 June 1954), known as Karamojo Bell after the Karamoja sub-region in Uganda, which he travelled extensively, was a Scottish adventurer, big game hunter in East Africa, soldier, decorated fighter pilot, sailor, writer, and painter.Famous as one of the most successful ivory hunters of his time, Bell was an advocate of accurate shot placement with smaller calibre rifles, over the heavy large-bore rifles his contemporaries used for big African game.He improved his hunting skills by the dissection and study of the skulls of elephants he shot. He perfected a technique of shooting elephants from the extremely difficult position, diagonally behind the… Read More

Safari Press, 2004-03-10. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!