1 volume. First edition ca. 1890. A lovely copy.
Burgundy cloth cover with gilt title and large gilt elephant vignette.
Gilt title with gilt giraffe vignette on spine.
Pages untrimmed.
Folding colour map frontispiece.
xii, 349 pages.
"Gillmore entered Gasa Land, the coastal area of present day Mozambique,
to emulate “the great exploits of Gordon Cumming, Andersson,
Sir Cornwallis Harris, and other mighty Nimrods” in pursuit of elephant big game.
His hunting party encountered buffalo near the Limpopo River, then elephant
which left his shoulder “so fearfully contused” from his rifles recoil that he had to
take a recess from his hunting adventures. Eventually setting up base camp on
the Sabi River, the sportsmen enjoyed considerable hunting for elephant,
hippopotamus, rhinoceros, buffalo, lion, giraffe and the like while collecting
ivory and trading with native Mashonas, Matabele and Manatees. Unfortunately,
there are no illustrations to complement the exciting text, [Czech, An Annotated
Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, p.64].
Recorded shipping weight 1000g.
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- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 22 x 14.5 cm
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