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2 volumes. First edition 1893.
Publishers red pictorial cover.
Circular vignette and black titles.
Gilt title to spine.
Name on inside.
Some uncut pages.
Volume I.
Frontispiece lithograph portrait with tissue-guard.
xix, [1], 563 pages, 32 page publishers catalogue.
Full-page plates and in-text illustrations.2 fold-out colour maps.
2 colour maps in pockets. [64 x 40cm & 68 x 42 cm].
2 in-text b&w maps.
Volume II.
Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard.
ix, [1], 682 pages.
Full-page plates and in-text illustrations.
5 colour maps.
2 in-text b&w maps.
"Seeking to recover his health after a stint in Burma, Luggard
traveled to Mozambque and Uganda to fight the slave trade.
He relates numerous adventures in the hinterland around
Lake Nyassa, with recollections of battles and survival in the
tropics. A variety of sporting incident after elephant near
the Semliki River and Lake Albert, as well as buffalo, rhinoceros,
and lion, with a chapter on antelope encountered. His contributions
in East Africa played heavily in Uganda becoming part of the greater
British Empire." [Czech. An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game
Hunting Books 1785 to 1950, p.100].
Recorded shipping weight 4000g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 23 x 16 cm
- Name: West Clare Rare Books
- Contact Person: Tom Moloney
- Country: Ireland
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0657087803
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