Chapman (Abel) Savage Sudan:
£195
Its Wild Tribes, Big-Game and Bird-Life
London & Edinburgh, Gurney & Jackson, 1921.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered and stamped in gilt.
Chapman narrates his expedition from Khartoum to Uganda via the White Nile, detailing hunts from gazelle in Sudan to elephant near the Zeraf River. His adventures also include encounters with buffalo, hippo, and rhino near the Blue and Dinder Rivers.
In stock
Contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper, some minor rubbing to extremities, but really a very good copy.
Map frontispiece, 29 plates and illustrations throughout.
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