THE LAST IVORY HUNTER; The Saga of Wally Johnson.
The Derrydale Press. 1988 Lyon, MS, 220pp, photos. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by Peter Capstick and Wally Johnson. Book and presentation case fine! Signed by both Capstick and Johnson. Item #000646
Wally Johnson spent half a century in Mozambique hunting white gold--ivory. Most men died at this hazardous trade. He's the last one able to tell his story: How he survived the massive bite of a Gabon viper, buffalo gorings, floods, disease, and most dangerous of all--gold fever. He bluffed down 200 armed poachers almost single-handedly, and survived rocket attacks from communist revolutionaries during Mozambique's plunge into chaos in 1975. Wally's words are testimony to an Africa that is now a distant dream. NOTE: This is the deluxe Derrydale edition of this book, bound in genuine ELEPHANT hide, gilt stamping on front and rear cover, marbled endpapers, four-color frontis, all edges gilt, housed in a custom made box with a color illustration on the cover of an elephant by Guy Coheleach.
Price: $500.00