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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

R. Gordon Cumming.

Five Years Hunting Adventures in South Africa

Being an Account of Sport With the Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, Rhinoceros, Camelopard, Ostritch, Hippopotamus, Wildebest, Koodoo, Hyaena,&c., &c.

Published: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, London, 1892

Edition: Complete Popular Edition

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1 volume.

Publishers blue cloth covers with gilt titles on spine.

349 pages + frontispiece.

15 illustrations + map.

An extraordinary tale of five years hunting all the game of Africa that presented

itself while he wandered with cape wagons, oxen, horses & cows through very remote

and wild parts of Africa in the early 1800s'.

Originally published as a two volume set.

This edition is the complete popular edition in one volume.

Not many have survived especially in good condition.

Recorded shipping weight 2000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 23 x 15 cm
  • Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Tom Moloney
  • Country: Ireland
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