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Green cloth on board with gilding. B&W engravings throughout
Cumming, Roualeyn George Gordon (1820–1866), entered the East India Company’s service as a cornet in the 4th Madras cavalry in 1838, and on his way to India had his first experience of hunting in South Africa; but the Indian climate did not agree with him, and in 1840 he resigned his commission. His Five Years of a Hunter’s Life in the Far Interior of South Africa, a book which had immense success and was published in many editions, made him the lion of the season. In 1851 Gordon-Cumming exhibited his [hunting] trophies at the Great Exhibition. He then went about the country lecturing and exhibiting his lion skins for some years, and under the sobriquet the Lion Hunter he obtained great popularity and made a great deal of money. In 1856 he published a condensed edition of his book as The Lion Hunter of South Africa, and in 1858 he established himself as Fort Augustus on the Caledonian Canal, where his museum was a great attraction to tourists.
Source: calumimaclean.blogspot.com
Condition: Front flyleaf loose. Binding split but not loose. Text clean and clear. Edges bumped. Some loss to the gilded image of the body of the lion on the front cover.
Published in 1888 by John Murray, London
- Jacket Condition: N/A
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 186x130mm
- Name: Shelf Life
- Contact Person: Justus Wagener
- Country: South Africa
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