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Livres anciens et modernes

Maxwell, Marius

Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa

1924

462,48 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1924
Lieu d'édition
London. The Medici Society
Auteur
Maxwell, Marius
Edition
First edition, limited to 550 numbered copies of which this is
Thème
Travel - Africa Photography Mammals
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

folio [38.5 x 29 cm]; xxii, 202 pp, double page photogravure frontis, 113 fine photogravure plates, folding panorama of elephants charging in rear pocket, colored map, title in red & black, index. orig dark blue cloth with gilt title lettering on front cover & spine, t. e. g., spine lightly faded but lettering clear, light stain on corner of cover, rear corner bit bumped, bookplate of Frances Myers and signature on endpaper, a near fine clean copy. A very large work, printed on heavy paper, with superb photos of African animals, especially elephants, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, buffalo, giraffes. The preface is by Sir Sydney F. Harmer. The author, describes his travels to British East Africa, Kenya, and his photographic experiences. He provides a chapter and some plates on the equipment he used. The appendices are on elephants, mammoths.