Item #000524 KLOOF AND KARROO: SPORT, LEGEND AND NATURAL HISTORY IN CAPE COLONY; With a notice of the Game Birds, and of the present distribution of the Antelopes and larger game. Bryden H. A.

KLOOF AND KARROO: SPORT, LEGEND AND NATURAL HISTORY IN CAPE COLONY; With a notice of the Game Birds, and of the present distribution of the Antelopes and larger game.

Longmans Green and Co. 1889 London, 435pp, 16 illus. Very good copy, gilt bright, inner hinges tight, cloth in in nice shape. Very light silver fish marks on cover. Two classic book plates from previous owners. With the name stamp of US Ambassador Phillip Crowe, a noted book collector and author of hunting books himself. Item #000524

One of Bryden's most difficult to locate books. Shooting in South Africa for klipspringer, vaal rhebok, elephant, springbok, and other game. Book paints a delightful picture of very early hunting in the Cape as it was. In addition a chapter on the now extinct quagga, a variety of zebra.

Price: $1,500.00

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