1893 Wild Spain: Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History and Exploration

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

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.