1 volume. First edition 1910.
Ward was a member of Henry Morton Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition
who became a close friend of Roger Casement while they were working in the
Congo Free State.
Publishers decorative covers.
[The binding is copied from native-woven grass cloth].
xv, 299 pages.
Illustrations from photographs, sculpture and drawings
by the author.
"Ward recounts his life in the Congo, with a chapter on elephant
hunting near the North Congo River, with brief mention of shooting
hippopotamus and buffalo. Several of the plates depict the author's
extraordinary talent in sculpting in bronze," [ [Czech, An Annotated
Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, p.170].
Recorded shipping weight 1000g.
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- Size: 22.5 x 15.5 cm
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