ISBN: 9780713723946

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New York: St. Martin's Press / The Buckingham Mint, 1977. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. Kahl, M. Philip. Signed by author. Limited edition, #681 of 5000 copies, han… Mehr…

New York: St. Martin's Press / The Buckingham Mint, 1977. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. Kahl, M. Philip. Signed by author. Limited edition, #681 of 5000 copies, hand-numbered and signed by author on limitation page. An exceptional copy. 1977 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xv, 297 pp. Maroon full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Black-and-white photographs throughout text. "Few men can say they have known Africa as Peter Hathaway Capstick has know it -- leading safaris through lion country; tracking man-eating leopards along tangled jungle paths; running for cover as fear-maddened elephants stampede in all directions. And of the few who have known this dangerous way of life, fewer still can recount their adventures with the flair of this former professional hunter-turned-writer. Based on Capstick's own experiences and the personal accounts of his colleagues, Death in the Long Grass portrays the great killers of the African bush -- not only the lion, leopard, and elephant, but the primitive rhino and the crocodile waiting for its unsuspecting prey, the titanic hippo and the Cape buffalo charging like an express train out of control. Capstick was a born raconteur whose colorful descriptions and eye for exciting, authentic detail bring us face to face with some of the most ferocious killers in the world -- underrated killers like the surprisingly brave and cunning hyena, silent killers such as the lightning-fast black mamba snake, collective killers like the wild dog. Readers can lean back in a chair, sip a tall, iced drink, and revel in the kinds of stories Hemingway and Ruark used to hear in hotel bars from Nairobi to Johannesburg, as veteran hunters would tell of what they heard beyond the campfire and saw through the sights of an express rifle. As thrilling as any novel, as taut and exciting as any adventure story, Death in the Long Grass takes us deep into the heart of darkness to view the Africa that few people have ever seen., St. Martin's Press / The Buckingham Mint, 1977, 5, United Kingdom: Blandford Books, 1995. First Edition/first printing. Hardcover. New/new. ISBN:0713723947. [4to] 192p. ill. (b/w&col_photos), maps. biblio. index. New in dj protected against wear and tear in Brodart Archival Mylar., Blandford Books, 1995, 6<