Big Game

One of a series of booklets that form "part of the Caltex service for community development." 253 x 205 mm; saddle-stitched pictorial wraps; pp. (i) + [234-296]; photographs, line drawings and reproductions of original paintings. Cover somewhat fishmothed, with light soiling. Fair to good condition. A record of the decimation of southern Africa's wildlife, and subsequent efforts at its conservation. Chapters include: Man Becomes a Hunter; The Sound of Gunfire; The Veld Began to Die; The Great Springbok Trek; The Tragedy of Extinction; The White Ivory Trade; Operation White Rhino; Man-eaters Versus the Rest; Darwin and the Giraffe; Plans to Tame the Eland; Biotechnology Saves Game; Tears for the Crocodile; Behemoth at Bay.