TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE IN SOUTH-EAST AFRICA

Selous (F.C.)

Description:

Being the narrative of the last eleven years spent by the author on the Zambesi and its tributaries; with an account of the colonisation of Mashunaland and the progress of the gold industry in that country.

503 pages, frontispiece portrait of the author, colour folding map, 22 plates, 35 illustrations in the text, original orange cloth with gilt vignettes on the upper cover and back – the cloth is lightly rubbed along the edges of the spine, original dark blue endpapers, contents bright, a very good copy.

Czech (K.P.) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 – 1950, page 146, 'In this work recounting eleven years of exploration, work and sport in the 1880's and 1890's, Selous describes numerous adventures with lions and leopards, particularly near the Zambezi, Zweswi, and Manyami Rivers, with additional sport after rhinoceros, eland and hartebeest. After returning to the Transvaal, he linked with Montague Kerr and travelled into Matabeleland. Selous hunted more lions and rhinoceros, and vividly depicts an elephant hunt near the Zweswi River. In 1886, he hunted through Mashonaland, but was forced to escape after his camp was destroyed by hostile tribesmen. Eventually reaching the Zambezi, he hunted lion and lost a canoe to a hippopotamus. He concludes with a chapter on rifles, and another reflecting earlier sporting adventures after elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo and others.'

Details:

  • Publisher: Rowland Ward and Co., Limited
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1893
  • Edition: First edition
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (230 x 170 mm),
  • Lot No: 56
  • Hammer Price: $175
  • Bids: 4
  • Visits: 60
  • Estimate: $250/350
  • Reserve: $150

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