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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Brown (William Harvey)

ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN FRONTIER

The adventures and observations of an American in Mashonaland and Matabeleland with illustrations and maps.

Published: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899

Edition: First US Edition

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First American Edition: xix, 430 pages, frontispiece, 31 full page black and white plates, 2 colour folding maps, uncut fore edge and bottom edge, unopened pages in the index, working loose at the hinges, but holding on to the netting, green cloth gilt, spine faded, a good copy.

Czech (Kenneth)An Annotated Bibliography of Big Game Hunting Books 1785 - 1999 page 39: Brown set out to Portuguese Angola to collect specimens for the United States National Museum, but ended up fighting in the Matabele and Mashona uprisings. While he did bag a hippopotamus on the Coanza River in Angola, most of his sport adventures take place in Rhodesia, hunting roan, impala eland, sable and kudu among other game near the gold files in mashonaland. Brown also related interesting episodes hunting rhino, buffalo and lion near the Angwa River.

  • Overall Condition: A Good Copy
  • Size: 8vo (220 x150mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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