A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa | Being a Narrative of Nine Years Spent Amongst the Game of the Far Interior of South Africa
Selous, Frederick Courteney [Richard Stapleton-Cotton] Alfred Wynne Corrie, Esq., DL, JP, Mayor (1856-1919) Illustrated by J. Smit, E. Whymper, Miss A. B. Selous
(Book #ID 118157)
Published by Richard Bentley and Son, London (Publisher's in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen) First Edition 1881. 1881.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original moss green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, three antelope heads illustrated in gilt to the front cover. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains tissue-guarded wood engraved frontispiece, a folding map, with 19 black and white full-page illustrations, other text figures, (xvii), 455 pp. Armorial bookplate of Alfred Wynne Corrie and inscription to him to the front paste down by 'Richard Stapleton-Cotton to A. W. C. 1884 | 1885.' Heavy wear to the covers, front free end paper absent, hinges repaired, map with repairs to the verso. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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