Third edition: 455 pages, wood engraved frontispiece "A narrow escape; Mashuna Land, September 17, 1878", title page vignette, folding map, 18 engraved plates, original green cloth with gilt vignettes of the heads of antelopes on the spine and upper cover, patterned endpapers, front hinge weak but holding on the netting, a very good copy.
Czech (Dr Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 to 1999 page 251: One of the most often reprinted African big game book titles, the first four are the most sought after. Selous travelled through Bechuanaland and Matabeleland with numerous hunting episodes after lion, black rhino, buffalo and elephant particularly in the Linquasi Valley. In the second half of the book he trekked across the Zambesi with a long hunt for elephant in Mashonaland. Throughout the text are descriptions of a wide variety of game bagged including hippo, sable, kudu. Eland and other antelope species. A true classic of the African sporting field.
Taylor (Stephen) The Mighty Nimrod: 'The author's first book. 'A Hunter's Wanderings' was an immediate success and the first edition of 1000 copies sold out within a year. Perhaps the most famous of all hunting books.'
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 8vo (230 x150mm)
