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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

R. Gordon Cumming

FIVE YEARS' HUNTING ADVENTURES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Published: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, London, 1892

Edition: Complete Popular Edition

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'Being an account of sport with the lion, elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros, camelopard, ostrich, hippopotamus, wildebest, koodo, hyaena etc. etc.'

No dust jacket. Blue cloth-covered boards, marked, corners bumped, but still bright. Gilt titles on spine. Binding still tight.

Well illustrated with fine drawings. Frontispiece plus 15 b/w full page plates and 1 map.

Various owner names and inscriptions on foxed front free endpapers. Pencil marks and some margin comments.

Thirty-three chapters detailing hunts, hunting trips, scenery, animals encountered, travel difficulties in deserts, forests and at river crossing - all very interesting and entertaining.

  • Size: 228 x 140 x 40 mm
  • Sold By: Pringle Bay Books
  • Contact Person: Neil Berens
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 082 899 7195 or 083 652 5694
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Mastercard, VISA, and EFT
  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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