Finaughty, William

The Recollections of William Finaughty Elephant Hunter 1864–1875. Philadelphia: (privately printed for George L. Harrison by) J. B. Lippincott, (1916)



In 8s (8 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.; 214 x 143 mm, uncut). Publisher's half brown buckram over brown boards, printed paper labels on spine and front cover; very lightly rubbed and soiled.

First edition, one of 250 copies. "One of the rarest of all African big game hunting titles, this was privately printed by George L. Harrison in an edition of 250 copies for distribution to noteworthy African sportsmen and other luminaries, including Theodore Roosevelt and Sir Alfred Pease (K. P. Czech, An Annotated Bibliography of Big Game Hunting, p. 56).