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[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. BELL, W.D.M. (1880-1954). The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter. London: Offices of “Country Life”, Ltd., and George Newnes, 1923.
Small 4to. Illustrated from drawings. Original mustard yellow buckram-backed boards, gilt-lettered cloth lettering piece on front cover (some dampstaining on rear cover near head and top edge, spine a bit sunned, some minor stains). Provenance: Larry McMurtry (his bookplate, which he designed, features the horseshoe-shaped brand his father and grandfather used on the McMurtry cattle), from his personal library at his home in Archer City.
FIRST EDITION of Bell’s first book “detailing his early elephant hunting days in the Karamojo region” (Czech, p. 15).