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 

Original dark green boards with bevelled edge and gilt animal heads vignette to upper board, and gilt spine titles. Third Edition, with nineteen full-page illustrations by J Smit, E Whymper, and Miss A.B. Selous. Half Title, Frontispiece / tissue guard, Title with vignette, dedication, Preface, Contents, List of Illustrations. xvii + Map. 455 pages text with index. 7 plates. 11 full page illustrations. 

Boards have some bumps and wear at spine ends . 

Decorative paste down paper torn along hinges. 

Book plate of previous owner. 

Map has 1cm tear where attached but does not affect printed area. Some foxing particularily to tissue guards, and prelims. Contents very clean and bright. 

Czech (Dr Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 to 1999, page 251: ‘One of the most often reprinted African big game book titles, the first four are the most sought after. Selous travelled through Bechuanaland and Matabeleland with numerous hunting episodes after lion, black rhino, buffalo and elephant particularly in the Linquasi Valley. In the second half of the book he trekked across the Zambesi with a long hunt for elephant in Mashonaland. Throughout the text are descriptions of a wide variety of game bagged including hippo, sable, kudu. Eland and other antelope species. A true classic of the African sporting field.’