1 volume. First edition. Very hard to find any first editions.
Publishers red cloth with blind-stamped black borders.
Black title to spine.
Pictorial dust-jacket in lovely condition.
288 pages + frontispiece portrait.
15 full-page photographic plates.
Front endpaper map of journey through the Belgian Congo.
Some spotting/foxing.
"The author and her husband traveled by paddle wheel up the Kasai River,
then trekked toward the Lomami River. There are instances of hunting
hippopotamus and water-buck, with elephant bagged near Lake Kivu.
On the Ruindi Plain, Mrs. Strickland collected lion, then returned to camp
'to enjoy a well-earned whiskey and soda.' Heading into the thick fastness
of the Ituri Forest, buffalo and additional elephant were take. An entertaining
work, [Czech: An Annotated Bibliography of African
Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 - 1950 p.159]".
Recorded shipping weight 2000g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
- Jacket Condition: Very good
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 23.5 x 16.5 cm
- Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
- Contact Person: Tom Moloney
- Country: Ireland
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0657087803
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