Author: Studley, J T [ John Tatchell ]
Title: The Journal Of A Sporting Nomad
Description: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1912, 1st edition. Cloth, P+. xvi+303pp+20pp publishers catalogue, b/w frontis, 32 b/w plates ( lacking 1 plate, a duplicate of another plate having been bound in ) 1 b/w illustration, index, Ex Mudie's Library copy, cloth worn, spine lettering almost illegible, foxed throughout, a working copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Uncommon account of the author's hunting exploits in Africa & Canada. John Tatchell Studley [ 1863 - 1913 ] English big game hunter who orriginally travelled to Africa as secretary to Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald. He hunted all over Africa, taking lions, buffalo & eland, then went whale hunting in Spitzbergen before returning to Canada. The book also contains a chapter in Salmon fishing in Iceland.

Keywords: hunting, fishing, big game, africa, lions, buffalo, canada