Schillings, C. G.

Flashlights in the Jungle A Record of Hunting Adventures and of Studies in Wild Life in Equatorial East Africa

Hardcover, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. Very Good-. Early unabridged reprint of the US edition. Royal Octavo, pp. Xxv, 782. Frontispiece portrait of the author, 302 black & white photographs, 2 appendices. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gold spine titles and gilded top page edges. A bit of wrinkling to spine cloth. Bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown. A little bit of scattered age spotting to text. Bumped on both ends of spine, corners rubbed. Shelf wear to bottom edges of covers. 4 pages have some sticky residue. Carl G. Schillings was a German pioneer of night photography and a big-game hunter. This book includes the night photographs in German East Africa (Tanzania). He describes hunts after elephant, hippo, rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, and various species of antelope - mostly in the country around Mt. Kilimanjaro. Thick and heavy book - international shipping may require extra charges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 782 pages. [Item #77529]

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