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Grandee African wildlife : a collection of picture cards depicting big game and other wildlife likely to be seen while traveling in southern and eastern Africa / [photographed by Heather Angel].

Title: Grandee African wildlife : a collection of picture cards depicting big game and other wildlife likely to be seen while traveling in southern and eastern Africa / [photographed by Heather Angel].
Author: Angel, Heather.
Publication: [Nottingham?] : Grandee Cigars, [1990]

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Text	Request in advance	TR729.W54 A54 1990	Off-site

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Description

[16] p. : ill. (chefly col.); 15 x 21 cm.

Summary

An album of 30 cigarette cards issued by the John Player Co. in 1990 under the Grandee Cigars label. Includes descriptive text and one card each for: Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Caracal, Hunting Dog, Spotted Hyena, Bat-Eared Fox, Golden Jackal, Meerkat, African Elephant, African Buffalo, Hippopotamus, Black Rhinoceros, Plains Zebra, Giraffe, Warthog, Impala, Coke's Hartebeest, Nyala, Gerenuk, Thomson's Gazelle, Wildebeest, Vulture, Crowned Crane, Marabou Stork, Ostrich, Nile Crocodile, Olive Baboon and, Mountain Gorilla.

Alternative Title

African wildlife

Subject

John Player & Sons > Collectibles
Wildlife photography > Africa
Animals > Africa > Pictorial works
Zoology > Africa > Albums
Cigarette cards > Great Britain
Printed ephemera > Great Britain > 20th century

Note

John Player was one of the first UK tobacco companies to include sets of general interest cards in their packs of cigarettes. The first set was produced in 1893. The company issued more than 200 sets of cards and some were reprinted in the 1990s.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

OCLC

880717484

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library