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BroCKleHUrst, Henry Courtney, lieutenant-Colonel. game animals of the sudan: their habits and Distribution. a handbook for hunters and naturalists. London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd Ltd for Gurney and Jackson, 1931.
£295
8vo in 4s (230 x 150mm). original ochre cloth, upper board blocked in gilt with a vignette of a lion, spine lettered in gilt; top edges gilt, others uncut; pp. xix, [1 (blank)], 170, [6 (blank pp. headed ‘notes’)]; colour-printed frontispiece and 11 colour-printed plates after W.h. riddell, retaining printed tissue guards, 14 monochrone plates, one folding map, line illustrations in the text after h.r. Millais, W.D.M. Bell and F. Wallace; lightly rubbed, lower corners very lightly bumped, variable light spotting, otherwise a very good copy; provenance: V.l.s. cowley (signature on front free endpaper).
First edition. in his preface, Brocklehurst (1888-1942) regrets that, ‘in many parts of africa the game has gone never to return, and several of the most beautiful species are now entirely extinct. there is still, however, a vast wealth and variety of animal life in the sudan, which lends so much of interest to this otherwise dreary and sun-scorched country. it should therefore be the pride of every englishman who visits not only the sudan, but the other game districts of africa, to behave in a sportsman-like manner, doing nothing to deplete unnecessarily the stock of wild life’ (p. ix), and he makes a plea to end indiscriminate and random shooting by amateurs, advising his audience that they should ‘read all you can about the animals you intend to hunt. learn their habits and characteristics and, above all, where to aim in order to reach a vital spot [...] a good photograph of a wild animal in its natural surroundings is of more interest than all the heads, and is often a sign of great patience, courage and skill in bushcraft [...] above all, don’t kill just for the sake of killing!’ (p. xi).
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czech judges that Game Animals of the Sudan ‘ably describes all manner of big game, presentiing them in alphabetical order from addax to grant’s zebra. the text is beautifully complemented by W.h. riddell’s colored plates, and life-sized silhouettes of spoor’. Brocklehurst’s text is prefaced by a foreword by J.g. Millais, and includes sections on ‘Distinguishing tusks of Male and Female [elephants]’ by a.l. Butler, ‘on Killing [elephants]’ by W.D.M. Bell, and the ‘native hunter’ by r.s. audas. this copy was previously in the library of lieutenant-colonel V.l.s. cowley, D.s.o., M.c. of the royal ulster rifles.
Czech p. 22.
56. BrooKe, rupert. “1914” Five sonnets. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1915.
£298 16mo. original printed wrappers; pp.8; a very nice copy.
First separate edition of these five poems which were also printed in 1914 & Other Poems (1915). includes the famous “the soldier” (if i should die, think only this of me …).
57. BrooKe, rupert. collected Poems. With a Memoir . Sidgwick and Jackson. 1918.
£148
8vo., original cloth with paper label on spine. Portrait frontispiece and one other portrait by sherril schell. neat ink name, spine label a little browned, headpiece a little rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.
First edition.
58. BrooKner, anita. hotel du lac. Jonathan Cape 1984. £78 8vo. original cloth with dust wrapper. a near fine copy. First edition of ths Booker Prize winner.
59. BUrGess, anthony. a clockwork orange. Heinemann. 1962.
£3,750
8vo. original black cloth; a very nice copy in a near fine dust-jacket with 2 tears to the top edge of the rear panel.
First edition. the first issue, in black cloth and with the price 16s on the dust-jacket flap.
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