THROUGH THE HEART OF AFRICA.

Melland ( Frank H. ) & Cholmeley ( Edward H. )

Description:

Being an account of a journey on Bicycles and on Foot from Northern Rhodesia, past the Great Lakes, to Egypt, undertaken when proceeding home on leave in 1910.

 

xvii, 305 pages, frontispiece, 45 plates, folding map of the authors’ journey at the end, brick red cloth with gilt titling on the spine and a gilt vignette on the upper cover, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, light foxing throughout.

Czech: An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, page 113, ‘Using bicycles as a break from the monotony of “foot slogging”, Melland and Cholmeley set out from Kasama with with intention of travelling to the Nile. Passing through German East Africa near the shores of Lake Tanganyika, the pair bagged leopard and numerous crocodile. In the Bogoma forest hear the Albert Nyanza, elephant was hunted, with additional chapters on hunting elephant in the Masindi District in Uganda. An interesting work of travel and sport complete with numerous bicycle breakdowns.’

Details:

  • Publisher: Constanble & Company Ltd.
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1912
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (230 x 165 mm)
  • Lot No: 189
  • Hammer Price: $168
  • Bids: 6
  • Visits: 70
  • Estimate: $150/200
  • Reserve: $100

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