Memories of an African Hunter. With a Chapter on Eastern India

Camden, South Africa: African Collection / Briar Patch Press, 1990. Special edition produced for The African Collection. Hardcover. Near Fine. 267pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown leather with gilt stamped titles and decorative designs on the spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Marbled-patterned endsheets. Denis D. Lyell (1871-1946) was born in Calcutta into a Scottish family from Dundee. In 1893, Lyell went to Ceylon and then India as a tea planter. When he was 28 years old, he went to South Africa and by 1913, he settled in Nyasaland. After World War I, he returned to Scotland. He was one of the last big game hunters who hunted elephants for profit. He is also known for his book "The Hunting and Spoor of Central African Game" (1929). (Information from Shakari Connection).