Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa, 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. With numerous illustrations and map.
London: Rowland Ward and Co., 1893. First edition. Large 8vo. xviii, 503 pp. Illus. from photographs and line drawings, folding map. Czech, p. 146: "Selous describes numerous adventures with lions and leopards, particularly near the Zambesi, Zweswi, and Manyami rivers, with additional sport after rhinoceros, eland, and hartebeest. After returning to the Transvaal, he linked with Montague Kerr and traveled into Matabeleland. Selous hunted more lions and rhinoceros, and vividly depicts an elephant hunt near the Zweswi River … he concludes with a chapter on rifles, and another reflecting earlier sporting adventures after elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, and others." Gee "Sportsman's Library," p. 64. Half-title soiled, else very good. Somewhat later brown three-quarter crushed morocco, gilt, spine richly gilt with ornaments and title between raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. (7412). Item #60025
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