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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

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

Published: Richard Bentley, London, 1890

Edition: Second edition

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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 with 19 full page illustrations by Miss A.B. Selous, J.Smit, E.Whymper

Second Edition: 455 pages, wood engraved frontispiece "A narrow escape; Mashuna Land, September 17, 1878", folding map, 18 engraved plates, original green cloth recased, the three antelope heads stamped in gold on the upper cover, titled gilt on the spine, uncut edges, mark on the black front paste down end paper, inscriptions of previous owners on the half title page, contents bright, a very good copy. A card with an inscription in Selous’s hand is loosely inserted – ‘Yours very truly, F.C. Selous.’

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.

  • Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
  • Size: 8vo (230 x150mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 021 794 0600
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  • Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA


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