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SPORT AND WAR
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SPORT AND WAR: Or, Recollections of fighting and hunting in South Africa from the years 1834 to 1867

by Major-General Bisset (John Jarvis)

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Beautiful Facsimile reprint of the First Edition, which was originally published in London by John Murray in 1875.
Bound in leather by hand, with sewn page-gatherings for durability. Facsimile of original front board decoration tipped-in at front, and a color facsimile map has also been tipped in. This is a nice facsimile reprint.
THIS IS A VERY RARE BOOK
Sport and War is a rare 19th-century memoir recounting hunting experiences in Africa. Bisset was a general in the British Army who served the army while in South Africa while living there, went on many hunting excursions for big game. His adventures were thoroughly described in this memoir including his encounters with lions, witch-doctors, and elephants, as well as numerous military engagements.
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Travels in South Africa
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Travels in South Africa: Undertaken At the Request of the Missionary Society, Being a Narrative of a Second Journey in the Interior of That Country

by Reverend John Campbell

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First edition, First printing
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Hardcover
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
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With a hand-colored aquatint frontispiece to each volume, large hand-colored folding map and 10 additional hand-colored, aquatint plates.
John Campbell (1766-1840) was a Scottish missionary and traveler. He was passionate about Christian philanthropy, which led to his founding of the Magdalene Society in 1793 and the Missionary Magazine (Edinburgh) in 1796. He travelled to preach in neglected villages, promoting the establishment of Sunday schools. The Magdalen Asylum to help prostitutes in England and Glasgow, founded by Campbell, was one of several societies he created to help those in need. He opposed the slave trade and became involved in the Society for the Education of Africans. Through collaboration with James Alexander Haldane, he brought 30-40 African children to England to be educated. In 1812 he was sent by the London Missionary Society to inspect mission stations at the Cape. His account of the trip was published in 1815 on his return, titled "Travels in South Africa, undertaken at the… Read More
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