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Lot 139
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Finaughty, William

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Description

  • The Recollections of William Finaughty Elephant Hunter 1864–1875. Philadelphia: Press of J.B. Lippincott, [1916]
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 250 COPIES, 8vo (214 x 142mm.), contemporary buckram-backed boards, paper title label on upper cover, card slipcase

Provenance

Edward C. Tabler, bookplate

Literature

Czech, Africa p.56

Catalogue Note

“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” (Czech).