Facsimile reproduction of the 1881 Bentley edition. Rhodesiana Reprint Library Volume Fourteen.
An account of nearly ten years spent hunting in Matabeleland and Mashonaland and exploring the Chobe River from 1872 to 1881. Although Selous was highly regarded as a hunter, he also made a valuable contribution to the records of animal life in Africa. he later became a hunting partner of President Roosevelt who had a very high regard for him. Selous was killed on active service in East Africa in World War I.
Pages: 10 prelim pp including the facsimile publisher's introduction.
[i-vii]viii-1x[x-xi]xii-xvii[xviii] pp[1]2-455.
Frontispiece drawing of Selous from Vanity Fair (London)1894. 19 full-page illustrations by J. Smit, E. Whymper and Miss A. B. Selous. Engravings by Whymper. Green paper-covered boards, very slightly scuffed at lower edges, with gilt antelope heads design on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Dust jacket intact but has been professionally covered with a transparent adhesive sheet which has darkened slightly, particularly on the inside flaps of front and back covers. The book is in Very Good condition.
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