ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN FRONTIER - THE ADVENTURES AND OBSERVATIONS OF AN AMERICAN IN MASHONALAND AND MATABELELAND

xxii + 430pp. Quarter leather over coated cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Gilt to top of text-block. With illustrations and maps. Includes a few newspaper clipping of Salisbury's 80th anniversary, planned reprint and reviews of this important historical work to mark the occasion.

Apart from some oxidation to the front EP's where the newspaper clippings have been stored, this is a near fine copy.

"This book is a narrative of the author's experiences and observations, partly as naturalist of an expedition sent by the U.S. Government in 1899 to the west coast of Africa, but mainly as collector, big game hunter, gold seeker, landowner, citizen, and soldier during seven years' participation in the settlement and early development of Rhodesia. " (Preface) Brown joined Cecil Rhodes' pioneer expedition to Matabeleland in 1891, and fought in the Matabele and Mashona uprisings. His sporting adventures included hunting for antelope, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, buffalo, and lion. Inserted at the front is a facsimile letter from Cecil Rhodes attesting to the truthfulness of Brown's narrative. Mendelssohn I p. 308. Czech p. 24. Hosken p. 28. cfSmith B142.