BLUNT, DAVID ENDERBY
[3 titles]
Elephant. London: East Africa 1933, 1st edition. xi, [5]p, 260p, xxxv, frontis and illustrations. 225mm, rebound in black half leather, with maroon cloth boards, VG. With Kingsley Field's [author & historian] name on endpaper.
A classic of African elephant hunting. Blunt was an elephant control officer in Tanganyika, hunting primarily in the Lindi Provence. He details the natural history and biology of the elephant and relates his experiences.
2. Jim Rikhoff - Hunting Africa: Kenya. Amwell Press 1992. No 541 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies, signed by the author. 636p, colour & sepia illustrations. Red boards, tooled in gilt, original red and black slip case.
3. The Hon. James Inglis - Tent Life in Tigerland. London, Sampson Low etc 1888. xv, [lacking half title], 366p, 16 colour plates of which 4 are missing. Exlib half calf copy, soiling and marks.