MELLAND, Frank Hulme.

Elephants in Africa . . . With an introduction by the Right Hon. The Earl of Onslow.

London, Country Life Ltd, 1938. 8vo (220 x 140 mm), pp. xiii, [iii], 186, [1], with 12 full-page illustrations; original light green cloth; slightly rubbed and dulled; the Hosken copy, with bookplate. First edition. ‘Melland’s work on the elephant combines sporting elements and natural history. He recounts elephant hunting by a number of sportsmen such as James Sutherland, David Blunt, Mickey Norton, and others, including his own travels through Africa more than three decades earlier while armed only with a “.303 which I had just bought for £1(!) . . . it was very old and the barrel was badly worn: it was not gas-tight and burned my cheek each time I fired it”. Fortunately, he survived the encounter’ (Czech). The illustrations are by Stuart Tresilian.Czech p. 113; Hosken p. 140.

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• librero: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (GREAT BRITAIN)