Sport in Five Continents
by A. E. Leatham
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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 .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66191
- Title
- Sport in Five Continents
- Author
- A. E. Leatham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Place of Publication
- E-340
Terms of Sale
Last Exit Books
All sales considered final. All items described to the best of my ability. Returns considered if sent back within 10 days of reciept with an email explanation sent to me first or if the item fails to match description. Refunds processed upon the reciept of the book.
�
About the Seller
Last Exit Books
Biblio member since 2005
Charlottesville, Virginia
About Last Exit Books
Please call ahead if you are visiting. Also, please have the title or number of the book that you before you come to visit. Sorry, but no browsing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...