DEMIDOFF, E., Prince San Donato (1868-1943). After Wild Sheep in the Altai and Mongolia. London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1900. 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher’s full light blue cloth, front board and spine lettered in gilt, tiger-patterned endleaves, publisher’s pocket on rear pastedown (spine toned, worn, binding worn, soiled, bumped, hinges starting, ownership signature). Map in rear pocket is a color facsimile. Errata slip at rear. FIRST EDITION. “The work represents some of the best writing on Asian sheep hunting. Demidoff and his wife, accompanied by St. George Littledale, embarked on a shooting expedition to the Altai range.... They travelled to the Ob River in Siberia, then on to the Altai. In the Tchagan-Burgaza Valley, Ovis ammon were sighted and bagged. The march continued to Mongolia, crossing the Tchagan-Kol River and into the Olonur Valley” (Czech, Asian Big Game).