cover image: Savage Sudan : its wild tribes, big-game and bird-life / by Abel Chapman ; with 248 illustrations, chiefly from rough sketches by the author

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Savage Sudan : its wild tribes, big-game and bird-life / by Abel Chapman ; with 248 illustrations, chiefly from rough sketches by the author

1921

Colophon: Printed by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. Includes index. Also available online. SCNHRB c.2 had sketch map titled "Selous' original map for Nile Trip (Dec 1912)" and loose ephemera laid in. Items have been removed to the Train manuscript file. See library staff for details. SCNHRB has two copies. SCNHRB c.1 39088012038212 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. The Russell E. Train Africana Collection. SCNHRB c.1 has laid-in [6] p. ms. letter from the author to "My dear Pycraft", 30 November 1924 that has been removed to the Train manuscript file. SCNHRB c.1 bound in original green cloth with gilt warthog on front cover and wildebeest on back; gilt lettering on spine. SCNHRB c.2 39088012040226 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. The Russell E. Train Africana Collection. SCNHRB c.2 inscribed on front free endpaper "Author's copy", inscribed, signed and dated (Oct. 28th 1921) by Chapman. Bookplate of Abel Chapman. Photographs pasted-in front and back endpapers with ms. annotations by Chapman; newspapers articles tipped-in. SCNHRB c.2 has ms. annotations and corrections to the text. SCNHRB c.2 bound with 15-leaf ms. "Addenda" bound-in at end. SCNHRB c.2 bound in original green cloth with gilt warthog on front cover and wildebeest on back; gilt lettering on spine. Elecresource
natural history hunting description and travel russell e. train africana collection (smithsonian libraries) chapman, abel

Authors

Chapman, Abel 1851-1929, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI

Dates
1921
Format
Xx, 452 p., [29] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm
Place Discussed
Sudan
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
Sudan
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/a159b58ebac5be55cdb8bde2508b53f2

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