Zsigmond SZECHENYI African Elephants Land Big Game Hunting Elephant Kenya Africa

Description: 1935 - Land of Elephants: Big-Game Hunting in Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda by Zsigmond Szechenyi Published by Putnam, London, 1935 a rare hunting book by Zsigmond Szechenyi Very rare hardcover book with 208 pages of text. In very good condition. First UK Edition, Complete with all b/w plates. In original black cloth with gilt title on the spine; slight shelf-wear to the cover, with corners slightly bumped and light denting at top and bottom of spine. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with light foxing. Pen inscription on front end-paper, dated Christmas 1938. Photograph of author as frontispiece. Originally published in Hungary in 1934, this translation details a Hungarian nobleman's pursuit of elephant in the Kitui Forest and along the Tiva River in Kenya. Széchenyi wrote other African hunting titles that still await translation. This book is translated from Hungarian by Ralph Murray. Count Zsigmond Széchenyi of Sárvár-Felsvidék was a Hungarian hunter, traveler and writer. An outstanding figure of the Hungarian hunting culture. He hunted in Africa, India, Alaska and various parts of Europe. His hunting library is the collection of the most significant hunting textbook in Hungary, which can currently be viewed in the Hungarian Museum of Natural History.

Price: 500 USD

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

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