Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa: With notices of the native tribes, and anecdotes of the chase of the lion, elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, rhinoceros, etc.
by Roualeyn Gordon Cumming
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Rebound in half or 3/4-leather with marbled boards. The true first edition from June 1850 (the second edition was published also in 1850, but in August). Original cloth covers and spines bound in at the end of each volume.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 590
- Title
- Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa
- Author
- Roualeyn Gordon Cumming
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, First printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- boer, boers, adventure, novel, epic, romance, fiction, story, tale, tales, hunter, big game, action, exciting, excitement, fun, thriller, best-seller, best seller, zulu, sotho, swaziland, kimberley, johannesburg, pretoria, south africa, xhosa, matabele, t
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- Big Game Hunting;
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