BLACKBURNE-MAZE, C.I. Journals Of My African Travels. Maidstone: W.E. Thorpe & Son, 1913. First edition, inscribed by the author with compliments, dated 17.5.14. Original pictorial dark green cloth, top edge gilt. 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches (22 x 24.5 cm); [vi], 7-242 pp., half-title; with 69 mounted photographs. Minor stain to fore-edge of front and rear board, some minor spotting to the text, generally clean internally, some slight toning to the edges of the photographs, as customary. Oval "H. W." book label. A privately issued work with original photographs, this is among the most sought-after of all African big-game books. Blackburne-Maze travelled up the Nile through Egypt and the Sudan to Uganda and Kenya. There they pursued oryx, eland, impala and rhinoceros near the Makindu River, then crossed the Uaso-Nyero to hunt zebra, lion, buffalo and gazelle. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
BLACKBURNE-MAZE, C.I. Journals Of My African Travels. Maidstone: W.E. Thorpe & Son, 1913. First edition, inscribed by the author with compliments, dated 17.5.14. Original pictorial dark green cloth, top edge gilt. 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches (22 x 24.5 cm); [vi], 7-242 pp., half-title; with 69 mounted photographs. Minor stain to fore-edge of front and rear board, some minor spotting to the text, generally clean internally, some slight toning to the edges of the photographs, as customary. Oval "H. W." book label. A privately issued work with original photographs, this is among the most sought-after of all African big-game books. Blackburne-Maze travelled up the Nile through Egypt and the Sudan to Uganda and Kenya. There they pursued oryx, eland, impala and rhinoceros near the Makindu River, then crossed the Uaso-Nyero to hunt zebra, lion, buffalo and gazelle. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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