CLAWS OF AFRICA
EXPERIENCES OF A PROFESSIONAL
BIG-GAME HUNTER

ROGER COURTNEY

TROPHY ROOM BOOKS/ROWLAND WARD

No date, circa 1985. First published 1934.
Limited edition, number 207 of 775, signed by Ellen Herring of Trophy Room Books.
Courtney's first book detailing his elephant hunting experiences in the Lorian Swamp, and hunting buffalo, lion, rhino and roan antelope in the vicinities of Lake Mara and Lake Natron in British East Africa. A well written account, there are numerous exciting adventures not least of which when the author and his gun bearer were attacked by a swarm of bees while stalking rhinoceros and sought refuge in a rhino wallow. Not for the squeamish. (Czech, Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books.)

" Mr Courtney has had remarkable experiences and can write very well indeed. His book is by no means the usual record of stalkings and killings. In the first place it is an excellent expression of the mind of the professional hunter (as opposed to the killer actuated by blood-lust) whose true interest is as much to preserve as to destroy. Then it contains much delightful observation of the ways of animals. Again, Mr Courtney writes in a civilized manner about the natives and their customs. Last and best of all, there are many passages of first-rate description, ranging from the horrible to the ridiculous."—Glasgow Herald.

22 x 14 cm 272 pp + frontispiece.

Very good + condition. Some spotting to the top edge but otherwise very clean and tidy.