EXPLORATION AND HUNTING IN CENTRAL AFRICA 1895-96

‘A well-written account of the author’s journey up the Zambesi into Barotseland and into the country of the Marotse. He ably describes the region, with attention paid to the area around Lake Victoria. Gibbons relates episodes of hunting buffalo, lion, roan, eland, hartebeest, and wildebeest in the region. His frontispiece portrait reveals Victorian mustachios to die for’ (Czech: An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, page 62)

408 pages plus xi and 40 pages publisher’s catalogue dated October 1898. Frontispiece portrait, 8 full-page plates by C. Whymper, 24 photographic plates and folding map. (Charles Whymper , the artist, 1853-1941, was known for his work on expeditions to Africa.)

Original sea green boards with gilt vignette of hunting scene on the upper cover and gilt titling on the spine. The cloth cover has marks to the front, rear and spine. Mild foxing on the first and last ten pages.. Folded map is complete. Front end paper and rear end paper is loose from the binding.