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Chapman, Abel.
On Safari Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa with Studies in Bird-Life.
Publisher: Edward Arnold, London;
Date of Publication: 1908
Stock Code: 14514
First Edition. Octavo, pp., xvi, 340, 16 of publisher’s advertisements. Complete with numerous illustrated plates and illustrations within text. Original publisher’s grey cloth, titled in gilt to spine and upper board, elephant’s head printed to upper board and outlined in gilt. Ownership inscription in ink to front paste-down. Shelf-wear to extremities, dop edge a little dusty and edges foxed. Hinges a little weak. Contents generally clean and bright. Abel Chapman (1851–1929) was a Sunderland-born big game hunter. His trophies and taxidermy adorned Silksworth Hall in Sunderland, and are now displayed in the Sunderland History Museum and Great North Museum. He was responsible for the establishment of the Sabi Game Reserve (the first game reserve in South Africa) and helped save the Spanish Ibex from extinction. This is perhaps Chapman’s richest work, which describes experiences of hunting waterbuck, rhino, elephant and more. £125.00