London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1892. First Edition, with tipped in autographed calling card signed and dated by Randolph Churchill. Illustrated with 29 plates including a portrait frontispiece, 37 illustrations in the text, folding color map at the rear. 8vo, handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in three-quarter red morocco over red cloth covered boards, gilt-lettered and with pictorial gilt decorations of lions between raised bands of spine. xv, 337, including index pp. A fine copy, very well preserved, clean and bright. FIRST EDITION OF THIS ELUSIVE WORK, VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND BY BAYTUN-RIVIERE. Lord Randolph Churchill, the legendary father of the equally legendary Winston Churchill, traveled to South Africa at the invitation of Sir Henry Loch and Cecil Rhodes, Governor and Prime Minister, respectively, of South Africa. He toured the diamond and gold mines at Kimberly and Johannesberg, and spent some time shooting in Mashonaland, a thousand miles inland. The letters that compose this book were originally published in the DAILY GRAPHIC and outline the details of his very engaging and significant journey.
WITH LORD RANDOLPH'S SIGNATURE tipped-in..

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Bookseller: Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 70060
Title: MEN, MINES AND ANIMALS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Author: Churchill Lord Randolph S
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Company
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1892

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