Wild Sports of Southern Africa.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Fifth (and best) edition: 359 pp, hand coloured lithographic frontispiece of Moselekatse (with vertical crease), hand coloured vignette on title page, 24 hand coloured lithographic plates, folding map, original gilt decorated red cloth, neatly rebacked, corners gently pushed with one corner slightly abraded, all edges gilt, titled and decorated gilt slightly faded on the spine, bookplate of Aston Manor Public Library affixed to front pastedown, three clippings from book dealer catalogues taped to front free endpaper, minor light foxing, all plates with the original tissue guards, a very good copy.

Captain Cornwallis Harris is described in Mendelssohn as one of those soldiers who made true the saying of Christopher North, "Pen, pencil or sword come alike to the hand of the accomplished British officer." (p.lxix). His animal portraits are considered the best of the period and mark a shift from aquatint to lithograph.

From the editor’s note to the Struik Africana Collectanea reprint: This is not only a book about 'Wild Sports' but is a very interesting report of such important historical events as: The Great Trek; the massacre of Piet Retief and his party by Dingaan; the fall of Piet Uys in an abortive invasion of the Zulu territories; the death of Maritz; the annihilation of the Natal Settlers; etc. The author and his party travelled by wagon and oxen to Grahamstown, Somerset, Graaff Reinet, New Lattakoo, through Griqualand and Bechuanaland, to Boksfontein, Cambellsdorp and Kuruman through the domains of the Matabele King and the Barolong country, and returned to Graff Reinet by the Vaal River Route. He gives interesting accounts of the Matabele people and experiences with the Bushmen, Hottentots and other tribes. His stay with King Moselekatse is fully described and of great historical value. An interesting map 'exhibiting the relative positions of the emigrant farmers and the native tribes' is included.