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A Guide to Hunting in the Sudan.
1954Best.-Nr. 18944Khartoum Sudan: Game & Fisheries Department Ministry of Animal Resources Sudan Government. ND c. 1954. 1954. First printing. 8vo. Frontispiece photograph of rhinoceros. 108 pp. 1 page Ad. Illustrated with B & W photographs; bi-fold colored map. Printed on coated paper. Original illustrated cardboard covers with unprinted black cloth spine. With articles by Lt. Col. W. A. H. Forbes G. M. Stanton R. Kirk Lt. Col. P. G. Molloy Capt. J. T. Oulton and Fred Hurcomb. LAID IN is a scarce and important piece of ephemera: an 11 sheet illustrated stapled flyer printed rectos only for the Sudan Safari Tours Company undated c. 1954. Printed in dark blue on onion skin paper this flyer is rich in historical information on big game hunting and photographic safaris of the time in the Sudan. It covers in detail: Advice to Hunting Parties e.g. maximum number of rounds for rifles and shotguns allowed by law etc.; Clothing recommendations for men and women; Charges for Hunting Safaris $100-233 eg.; Charges for Photographic and Sight-seeing Safaris; Entrance Fees for National Parks; Game Reserves and hunting allowable species; Game Licences sic and Game Licences sic Schedules e.g. Cheetah - $30 Bongo - $75 Giraffe - $75 etc.; Species and Number of Animals Allowed on Each Licence; and List of Unsuitable Rifles and List of Suitable Bores. Paper-clipped to the front of the flyer is a printed sheet: "With Compliments of the Embassy of The Republic of the Sudan Washington D. C. and the name "From Amin Abdoun" typed atop. This book came from the library of Grant Fielden who served as a high-ranking intelligence officer for the State Department in various posts in Africa; he was as well a big game hunter. Light cover wear and the date 1954 presumably publication date is written on the Contents page. Very scarce thus. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Khartoum, Sudan: Game & Fisheries Department, Ministry of Animal Resources, Sudan Government. ND (c. 1954). hardcover
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