Animal Kitabu
New York: Random House [1967], 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xxv, [4], 4-292, [2] pp. Black cloth with orange decorations on the boards and gold lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Illustrated with a few in-text drawings and with several black and white plates of hippos, leopards, elephants, and other large African mammals. There is also a photograph of Kenyan poachers hunting an elephant. Hallet's purpose for this book was to reveal the ugliness of big game hunting, and to dispel early twentieth century portrayals of "the romance of hunting on the African savannah". The author spent his career as a conservationist and sociologist. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #000010522
A tiny separation between the backstrip and textblock; jacket is price-clipped with a touch of edge wear.
Price: $35.00