London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907. 2 volumes. First edition. Illustrated with over three-hundred photographic studies direct from the author's negatives, taken by day and night; and other illustrations. 8vo, Original brick-red cloth with gilt. Portraits of elephants stamped on colours on upper covers. xiv, 317; viii, 716 pp. A clean and handsome set. Interior pages are exceptionally clean and bright, only the very lightest toning to the prelims, and the lightest bit of age or shelfwear. FIRST EDITION. Schillings was one of the first sportsmen of repute "to stand up before a snobbish public and proclaim that the best sport for a man of cultivated mind is the snapshotting with the camera, rather than the pumping of lead into elephants, rhinoceroses, antelopes, zebras, and many other harmless, beautiful, or rare beasts and birds" (from the introduction). This is a fine and early text and survey of the fauna of the African continent.

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Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 33019
Title: IN WILDEST AFRICA
Author: Schillings C.G
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1907
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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