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African Hunter – The safari memoir of Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, the celebrated East African white hunter and husband of Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), translated from the Swedish by F. H. Lyon. A 1986 St. Martin’s Press hardcover in the Peter Capstick Library.
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African Hunter by Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, translated from the Swedish by F. H. Lyon, published in New York by St. Martin’s Press in 1986 as part of the Peter Capstick Library of hunting and adventure classics, with Peter Hathaway Capstick as series editor. The book is a translation of Blixen’s Swedish original Nyama.
Bror Blixen (1886–1946) was one of the most famous professional hunters of the golden age of the East African safari. He guided wealthy clients and notable visitors through Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda, and was the husband of the Danish writer Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa. In African Hunter he tells his own story of the big game, the safaris and the colourful life of the old Kenya colony.
Condition – Very Good to Near Fine (dust jacket Fair to Good)
Very good to near fine hardcover in green cloth boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine, together with the Capstick Library emblem and publisher’s name. The binding is tight and the pages are clean and complete. The dust jacket is in fair to good condition, with moderate edge wear and a few small tears.
