Lot n° 215

FORAN, W. Robert Kill: Or Be Killed. The Rambling Reminiscences of an Amateur Hunter. Londres, …

Estimation : 80 - 120 EUR
Adjudication : 442 €
Description
FORAN, W. Robert Kill: Or Be Killed. The Rambling
Reminiscences of an Amateur Hunter. Londres, Hutchinsons & Co., 1933. Grand in-8 (229 x 150 mm) de 320 pp., 6 ff.n.ch. de catalogue, 32 planches photographiques dont le frontispice. Percaline bleue, dos lisse (reliure de l' éditeur).
Czech, African Big Game, 59.
Édition originale, très rare. “Foran relates his adventures the length and breadth of Kenya, with chapters on hunting leopard and lion and encounters with elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros, and hippopotamus.
He also provides anecdotes from various other hunters, including
Stigand, the Buffalo Jones safari and the Roosevelt expedition, which he covered for the Associated Press” (Czech).
Rousseurs éparses, sinon bel exemplaire.
Provenance : Forêt de Crécy (ex-libris).
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