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1856 1st ed Lion Hunter AFRICA Big Game Hunting

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1856 1st ed Lion Hunter AFRICA Big Game Hunting Adventures of Jules Gerard

Jules Gerard, also known as the lion killer, was a 19th-century French explorer and expert on weapons. He earned his nickname for his relentless pursuit of lion hunting, killing nearly 30 lions over the course of his hunting career. The events of his hunting adventures were published in English for the first time shortly after his death in 1856. This book, The Adventures of Gerard, describes his excursions in Africa and is supplemented with full-page illustrations.

Item number: #15612

Price: $299

GERARD, Jules

The adventures of Gerard, the lion killer, comprising a history of his ten years campaign among the wild animals of Northern Africa

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xii, 432

6 engraved plates

Provenance:

Handwritten â€“ Wm. Pearson

Possibly William Pearson of the 3rd Alabama Infantry. The 3rd Alabama Infantry Regiment was mustered in at Montgomery, Alabama in April 1861 and fought in some of The Civil Wars most bloody battles, including Seven Pines, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg and The Wilderness. A monument to the 3rd is located on Oak Hill under the name ONeals Brigade.

Handwritten â€“ Sus. R. Naff, 1863

Bookplate â€“ J. M. Cox

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Cloth

Size: ~7.5in X 5.5in (19cm x 13.5cm)

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