Search Results: safari sam by makepeace gordon

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1933. 254pp, bw ills. Blue cloth, no jacket. Spine faded with title over-written in blue ink, endpapers toned with small bookseller label on front pastedown, both hinges cracked but holding. Stories of big game hunting in Africa.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. 254pp. B/white, photographic portrait of 'Safari Sam', plus two, unpaginated halftone plates (all three called-for plates extant and attached). Book square. Blue, original cloth boards marked and faded, with minor bumps on lower foredge corner. Noticeably patinated title over faded and bumped spine. No dustjacket. Textblock foxed on endpapers and edges, an original seller's sticker affixed to ffep., plus inner rear hinge starting, but holding firmly. Journalist Gordon Makepeace tells the story of African big game hunter "Safari Sam", an enigmatic character who may have been just a figment of the author's imagination . . . you be the judge . . . Contents of this scarce biography include: Prelims., Some Sayings of Safari Sam. Preface (Colonel Deneys Reitz). Preface. 21 chapters. Book weight approx. 590g. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fair+. 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 14.25cm).

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 254 pages (complete). A placid copy of the 'Story' of Safari Sam - a hunter and regular of the Northern Rhodesian bush. The boards are much worn, stained, marked all about. They are resolutely sound and secure. The contents, however, are most agreeable. They are thick, healthy, bold, clean, clear and very certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 254 pages plus illustrations (complete). The 'story' of the wild-eyed 'Safari Sam' who thought that Rhodesia went to the dogs once women arrived! A habitué of the Northern Rhodesian bush. The blue cloth covered boards are worn, scuffed and marked from handling. They are however, steady and sound. The contents are most gratifying. They are very healthy and clean, clear and very confident, spruce and lively! fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Boards shelfrubbed and sunned at margins. Spine very sunned with sl. scuffing at spine head. Prev owner's details in pencil to front pastedown. Tanning to bfep verso. Frontis. + 254pp. unmarked and undiscoloured. Binding tight.