Author's signed presentation inscription to rather browned front free endpaper. Second edition, in year of first publication. 8vo; original red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and blocked in blind to upper cover; pp. (x) + 306 + publisher's adverts.; plates. Cover worn and bumped, tanned on backstrip; rather foxed throughout; cloth tape reinforcing to gutter between flyleaf and half-title; missing the plate facing page 272 ("Ralph"). Good reading copy.
(Czech: An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785-1999, p. 125) 'A most unconventional woman, Herbert wrote several books recounting her big game hunting excursions. In this, she is accompanied by her cousin Cecily, bagging lesser kudu, oryx, lion and rhinoceros in the Ogaden region. While stalking rhino, one of the native guides was charged and killed. She relates the difficulties a woman has on a shooting trip from bathing to competition with male sportsmen. "My cousin is a wonderful shot, and I am by no means a duffer with a rifle. As to our courage-well, we could only trust we had sufficient to carry us on through."' - Kenneth Czech
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