BONDS OF AFRICA

With fifty illustrations from photographs and a map.

First edition. 8vo. xi, 13-267, [12 ads.] pp. Frontis., black and red title, 49 additional illustrations based on photos, folding colour map, index; very lightly foxed preliminaries and fore-edges. Original blind and gilt-stamped green cloth, which is faded and worn. Binding holding and strong but showing in sections.

Letcher was born at Redruth, Cornwall on 27th May 1884, and graduated from the Redruth School of Mines. This drew him to the gold-mines of the Witwatersrand. He developed a passion for world travel and big-game hunting in Africa, and authored many books.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 - 1999, page 164: Letcher spent time hunting in North-Eastern Rhodesia's Luangwa Valley after elephant and rhino. In British East Africa, he bagged buffalo along the Guaso Nyiro River as well as gerenuk, giraffe oryx, gazelle and other game, An often overlooked work with considerable big game hunting.