Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa (Two Volumes)

Cumming, Roualeyn Gordon

Verlag: John Murray, London, 1850

Beschreibung

[.] With Notices of the Native tribes, and Anecdotes of the Chase. Small 8vo. Hardcover. In Two Volumes. Vol 1. pp. 386. Vol 2. pp. 370. First Edition. In very good condition. Professionally rebacked. Brown cloth binding with gilt illustration on the cover and gilt title on the spine. Minor wear to cover such as bumping on the corners and faint scuffs and marks; spines are torn in places particularly at top and bottom. Vol 2. has a black ink smudge on the cover and both volumes have faded patches on the back boards. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with light foxing and faint watermarks. Very few pencil annotations. These copies previously belonged to Edmund Loder, an English aristocrat, landowner and plantsman. His book-plates appear on the front end-papers. Protective tissue over frontispiece in Vol 2. Complete with all plates including the map at the end of Vol 1. Roualeyn Gordon Cumming was a Scottish traveler and sportsman, known as the "lion hunter". The story of his exploits are vividly told in this book. David Livingstone, who furnished Gordon-Cumming with most of his native guides, wrote: 'I have no hesitation in saying that Mr. Cumming's book conveys a truthful idea of South African hunting' (Missionary Travels, chap. vii.). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 036528

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far ...

Verlag: John Murray, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1850

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition