[Murray Smith, T.] Wykes, Alan.

Nimrod Smith – A Profile of T. Murray Smith, M.C. Professional Big Game Hunter. [Signed / Inscribed] Illustrated.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1961. 14.3 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XI, 207 pages. 11 illustrations (black-and-white photographs). Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean and sharp cornered. Signed and inscribed by Big Game Hunter T. Murray Smith: “Tom Johnson, Wishing you good Hunting – T. Murray Smith – June 1961”. Including Erratum note, identifying Smith as photographer of nearly all included images. Signed copies by Old-Time Professional Hunter T. Murray Smith are extremely scarce !

Includes, for example, the following: A Discovery in Tanganyika / An Incident in Dakar / A View of Crocodiles / Decisive Safari etc.
Includes photographs of famous clients of Smith during Safari, like celebrities (Clark Gable and Ava Gardner during the filming of “Mogambo”) or The Duke and Duchess of York on Safari in 1924, Murray Smith next to the head of a Water Buffalo etc.

• Keywords: Africa · Africa, British East · Africa, East · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Big band era · Big Game · Big Game Hunting · biographical · Biography · biography, individual · British East Africa · colonial · Film & TV Rare · Hunting · Hunting – Rare · Hunting in Africa · Inscribed · Inscribed Books · Nature · Safari · Settler · Settlers · Signed · Signed Books · Travel · Travel & Expedition – Rare · Travel Africa – Rare · Travel and Adventure · Travel Writing · Travellers · Travelling Authors · Wildlife
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120122AB

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