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Kirby, Frederick Vaughan - (Maqamba) : In Haunts of Wild Game - A Hunter-Naturalist's Wanderings from Kahlamba to Libombo

William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1896

576 pages (complete). A very clubbable book. This is a classic of the hey-days of gentlemen sportsmen hunters. Frederick Vaughan Kirby was known as an excellent rifleman and hunting with breach loading black powder rifles. As with many dedicated hunters he was a keen conservationist. He later became the Chief Conservation Officer for Zululand and was instrumental in the signing of the Mkhuzi Game Reserve. The smooth cloth cover is cheerfully worn at the edges. The cover is attractive, the illustration of a crouching leopard is clear and thrilling. There is wear to the edges, corners and the head and foot of the spine. The covers and the spine are firm, muscular and healthy. The faces are lightly scuffed and are marked from handling and shelving. Inside, there is an ex-libris plate showing previous ownership by Cicely H Massy, the youngest daughter of Robert Ellis Cunliffe (of the Liverpool baronetcy family) whose family arms appear. Cicely married an officer and lived about the Empire. She died in Cape Town. The folded map of Kahlamba and Libombo at the back of the book is torn about the edge but the closed tear is along the blank edge. All plates are present. Waxed protective sheets are smart and clean. The pages are genial, companionable, clean, clear, creamy, sure, certain, robust, in places as if new, confident, compelling. A lovely book. fk. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket

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