Wild Spain: Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History and Exploration

Abel Chapman; Walter J. Buck

Published by Gurney and Jackson, London, 1893

About this Item

A sound first edition of this highly illustrated work from Chapman and Buck. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and seventy-four images, fifty-two of which are on plates, including a coloured map. Collated complete. An exciting piece of travel and sports writing from the authors' time in Spain, with chapters on the boar-hunt in Sierra, the fighting bull of Spain, wild camels, the Spanish ibex, trouting, experiences with eagles, bird-life, and wildfowling. Written and illustrated by Abel Chapman, an English hunter-naturalist who contributed to saving the Spanish ibex from extinction and helped in the establishment of South Africa's first game reserve, and Walter J. Buck, a British wildlife enthusiast. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with damp marks to the board edges. The odd small mark to the boards. Light loss to the head of the spine with splits in the cloth at the joints resulting in some of the spine lifting. Front hinge just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good.

Seller Inventory # 945T27

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wild Spain: Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History and Exploration
• Publisher: Gurney and Jackson, London
• Publication Date: 1893
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Abel Chapman; Walter J. Buck
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: book