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Lot 321
SELOUS, FREDERICK COURTENEY A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa. Being a narrative of nine years spent amongst the game of the far interior of South Africs...
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881. First edition. Modern half calf. 8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches; xvii, 455 pp.; folding map, frontispiece, plates, vignette title page. Map with splits repaired on verso, scattered foxing (heavy at times).
"One of the most often reprinted African big game titles, the first four editions are the most sought after [as here]. Selous traveled through Bechuanaland and Matabeleland with numerous hunting episodes after lion, black rhinoceros, buffalo and elephant particularly in the Linquasi Valley. In the second half of the book, he trekked across the Zambesi with a long hunt for elephant in Mashonaland. Throughout the text are descriptions of a wide variety of game bagged including hippopotamus, sable, kudu, eland, and other antelope species. A true classic of the African sporting field" (Czech). Czech, Africa, p. 251.
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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