Stalks Abroad: Being Some Account Of The Sport Obtained During A Two Years' Tour Of The World by Harold Frank Wallace

Hardcover, Condition: good

Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.

Publication Date: 1908

1908. No Edition Remarks. 269 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping.

The book is a first‑person hunting and travel narrative by Harold Frank Wallace, chronicling the big‑game expeditions he undertook during a two‑year tour around the world. It blends adventure writing, natural history, and early‑20th‑century sporting culture.

Global hunting journey — Wallace travels through North America, New Zealand, Africa, and Asia, pursuing big game and documenting the landscapes, wildlife, and people he encounters.

• Sporting accounts — The core of the book is detailed descriptions of hunts, tracking, and fieldcraft, written from the perspective of an experienced outdoorsman.

• Natural history observations — Wallace includes practical notes on animal behavior, habitats, and the environmental conditions of each region.

• Illustrations and photographs — The book contains a frontispiece, numerous drawings by Wallace himself, and 56 photographs, making it both a narrative and a visual record of early 1900s hunting expeditions.

Historical and literary context

• Published in 1908, it reflects the Edwardian era’s fascination with exploration, big‑game hunting, and the romanticism of the “sportsman‑traveler.” Archive

• Some chapters originally appeared in Country Life, a magazine known for outdoor and sporting writing. UBC Library ...

• The Rudyard Kipling quote on the title page,