Selous (Frederick Courteney)

A HUNTER'S WANDERINGS IN AFRICA:

being a narrative of nine years spent amongst the game of the far interior of South Africa, containing accounts of explorations beyond the Zambesi, on the river Chobe, and in the Matabele and Mashuna countries, with full notes upon the natural history and present distribution of all the large mammalia; illustrations by J. Smit, E. Whymper and Miss A.B. Selous.

Published: Books of Rhodesia, Bulawayo, 1970

Edition: Facsimile reprint edition

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xvii, 455 pages: illustrations, portraits (1 as frontispiece), folding map. (Rhodesiana reprint library; volume 14). Pictorial cloth with gilding, dust wrapper. Reprint of the 1881 edition.


Chronicles Selous' life as a professional elephant hunter during the years 1871 to 1880. Contains detailed information of the fauna of the region, as well as plates depicting the head & horns of various antelope. In the preface Selous states that it is nearly 20 years since the publication of Baldwin's book on African hunting (AFRICAN HUNTING AND ADVENTURE FROM NATAL TO THE ZAMBESI, 1860), and there has been no book since "... that can be considered in any way as a guide for men about to visit the interior of South Africa in search of sport." He sets out to provide such a work. See Mendelssohn vol. 2, p. 300, on the original.

  • Jacket Condition: Excellent
  • Binding Condition: Excellent
  • Overall Condition: Excellent
  • Size: 22 x 14,5 cm
  • Name: Select Books
  • Contact Person: David McLennan
  • Country: South Africa
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  • Telephone: 021-4246955
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  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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