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THBSet of Twenty-Three Briar Patch Press "African Collection" Volumes
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About Auction
LiveJan 29, 2025
Our American & European Fine & Decorative Arts sale celebrates centuries of stylistic and aesthetic collecting categories, focusing on British, American, and Continental furniture, decorative objects, and fine art from interesting collections and estates. STAIR internetrequests@stairgalleries.com
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- Lot Description
Briar Patch Press, Camden, SC, 1986-90. A near-complete set of twenty-three (out of twenty-four) volumes bound in leather with gilded titles, gilt illustrations and page edges, illustrated with drawings and photos. Limited edition numbered 76 of 500. Encased individually in slipcovers.
Comprising:
Baker, Sir Samuel W.: Wild Beasts and Their Ways
Roosevelt, Theodore: African Game Trails
Potocki, Count Joseph: Sport in Somaliland
Millais, John Guille: A Breath from the Veldt
Andersson, Charles John: Lake Ngami
Lyell, Denis: The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game
Finaughty, William: The Recollections of William Finaughty - Elephant Hunter 1864-1875
Cumming, R. Gordon: A Hunter's Life in South Africa
Bell, W. D.M.: The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter
Selous, Frederick Courteney: African Nature Notes and Reminiscences
Sutherland, James: Adventures of an Elephant Hunter
Foa, Edouard: After Big Game in Central Africa
Kirby, Frederick Vaughan: In Haunts of Wild Game
Harris, Captain William Cornwallis: The Wild Sports of Southern Africa
Willoughby, Captain Sir John C.: East Africa and its Big Game
Neumann, Arthur: Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa
Lyell, Denis: Memories of an African Hunter
Findlay, Frederick Roderick Noble: Big Game Shooting and Travel in South-East Africa
Selous, Frederick Courteney: A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa
Percival, A. Blayney: A Game Ranger's Note-Book
Baker, Sir Samuel White: The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia
Patterson, J. H.: The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
Chapman, A.: On Safari
The largest 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.
Condition
Each with bright gilding and apparently in excellent condition, many like new. All impression stamped on the first flyleaf with the words: "Library of Howard M. Brandston."
A Breath from the Veldt with wear to the cover consistent with use and a stain on the spine.
The Wild Sports of Southern Africa with wear to the spine.
A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa with wear and scattered staining to the spine.
A Game Ranger's Note Book with light wear to the spine.
The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia with scattered scratches to the spine.
Three volumes with significantly lighter spines than covers due to exposure to light, including: The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and A Breath from the Veldt.
Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
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