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B/w photos, clean, tight, bright, corners sharp, no names, no writing,no foxing, dj in mylar. Giftable. Scarce.
Author was one of the last old-time professional hunters who spent 40 years in Central and East Africa when native carriers and ox-wagons were the only means of transport on safari. His account contains sketches of some of his many well-known and internationally famous clients. Author's understanding of the ways of African wild life pervades the narrative.

Thick octavo, professionally re-backed and reinforced with new endpapers, new head and tail bands. Clean, tight and bright, no foxing.
WITH TWO MAPS AND 49 ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR. (1 illus. "The Manis, rolled up" to face page xxi appears was not included). Maps have closed tears not missing any pieces, see images.
William Temple Hornaday (1854-1937) was a hunter, taxidermist, zoo director, and founder of the American conservation movement. In 1882, he was appointed Chief Taxidermist of the In 1889, Hornaday published The Extermination of the American Bison a popular work that did create public support to save this species. In 1896, he was appointed director of a new zoo, now known as the "Bronx Zoo," established by the New York Zoological Society. He remained there for the next thirty years, creating the foremost zoo in the United States and continuing to emphasize the importance of saving American native wildlife.at the Smithsonian Institution.
In 1889, Hornaday published In 1889, Hornaday… Read More