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Auction #119 begins on 14 Nov 2024

H. Karl W. Kumm

FROM HAUSALAND to EGYPT, Through the Sudan

Published: Constable and Co, London, 1910

Edition: First edition

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1 volume. First edition 1910.

Dedicated to the memory of David Livingstone,

"The Prince of Missionary Explorers".

Book-plate of David W. Phillipson.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/people/honorary/david-w-phillipson-honorary-professor

Publishers tan pictorial bevelled cover.

Black title with black tribesman vignette.

Gilt title to spine.

Frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard. 

xi, [3], 324 pages.

6 colour plates.

13 b&w plates.

In-text illustrations.

2 full-page maps.

1 fold-out map.

In lovely condition throughout.

"Kumm landed in Nigeria in 1908 with the intent of

setting up missions to counteract the spread of Islam,

particularly in the Sudan. While on his travels, he enjoyed

considerable sport, including buffalo near Donga, and elephant,

hippopotamus, buffalo, and rhinoceros, as well as various antelope

in the Shari River Valley. After leaving Fort Archambault, he bagged

lion, Near Ndele, he collected additional elephant, p.90".

[Czech, An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game

Hunting Books, 1785 to 1950].

Recorded shipping weight 1500g.

Shipped and insured by recorded deliver.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 24.5 x 17.5 cm.
  • Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Tom Moloney
  • Country: Ireland
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