Animal Life in Africa

The author, warden of the Transvaal Government Game Reserves, describes in detail all manner of African wild life including elephant, lion, rhinoceros, buffalo and a host of antelope species. In his chapter on the lion, Stevenson-Hamilton describes a gruelling duel between Harry Wolhuter, a ranger of the game reserve, who used a hunting knife to slay a lion which was attacking him. There are numerous other incidents of hunting game both by the author and other sportsmen in Africa - Czech: An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1999, pages 266-7

Hardcover. English. Dutton, New York. 1912, First US Edition. ISBN: n/a. 539 pp, 6 maps, 2 folding. Original red cloth, with the front hinge shook but holding. Silver titling on the upper cover and spine and an outline map of Africa on upper cover. Inscription in prelims, very clean copy inside. Maps in good condition Book No: 2502126