African Wildlife Sketches

(Gibraltar: Ashanti, 1990) 1874800057. 4to; laminated pictorial boards; pictorial endpapers; pp. ix + (i) + 158; line drawings throughout. Lamination lifting slightly at joint of upper board. Near-fine condition. The author’s third book. ‘I was asked by my publisher to write down in essence what I saw as being a “Veld Sketchbook”. Well, I see it as being a collection of writings and drawings of my contact with the veld. Very much a personal response to Nature. An outlook influenced by one man. A text seeking to avoid what can be found in other books. The careful avoidance of exaggeration and careful explanation of what may sometimes appear to be exaggeration … When you go for a long walk in the veld you come across an interesting tree, then a common butterfly and later some old friend of the tree-tops; a familiar bird that you have known since childhood. I think you will find some of them in these pages.’ – J.H. 1990. Jeff Huntly, whose Veld Sketchbook column was enjoyed by thousands of readers, passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. He was a wonderful, humble man, who loved all features of the natural world, from tiny cryptic invertebrates to elephants and baobabs. .