AFRICA

First Edition. 2 volumes, 276 + 296 pages, frontispiece portrait of the author, numerous full page plates, black and white photographs, sketch maps, 3 folding maps in pockets at the back of the volumes – 2 large ones are linen backed, the pocket of volume one is torn, pictorial green cloth – map of Africa, titled gilt on the upper covers and spines, very faded and dull, working loose at the hinges in both volumes, edges uncut, light foxing on the page edges, a good set.

Book ticket of the Times Book Club on the rear paste down end paper in both volumes.

Czech (Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 page 105: Gibbons set out to discover the main source of the Zambesi and define and map the regions. These two volumes provide excellent information on the terrain and riviers, as well as the peoples inhabiting the area. There is, however, relatively brief mention of sport on the expedition. Near the Okavango River, the author bagged buffalo, and near the Kariba Gorge, he hunted rhino. After traversing the countryside northward to Khartoum, he proceeded to successfully hunt elephant and hipp on the Nile.