[Rarebooks] FS: FIVE YEARS OF A HUNTER'S LIFE IN THE FAR INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1850

Charles Agvent agvent at erols.com
Mon Dec 4 10:31:30 EST 2006


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CUMMING,  Roualeyn Gordon. FIVE YEARS OF A HUNTER'S LIFE  IN  THE
FAR  INTERIOR  OF SOUTH AFRICA. WITH NOTICES OF THE NATIVE  TRIBES....
London:  John  Murray  1850. Second Edition. ...AND ANECDOTES  OF  THE
CHASE  OF  THE LION, ELEPHANT, HIPPOPOTAMUS, GIRAFFE, RHINOCEROS,  &C.
Two    octavo   volumes  (5-1/4"  x   8-1/4")   in   the   publisher's
gilt-decorated  brown cloth with a design of a hunter standing  over a
dead  lion,  rebacked  with  tan modern  morocco  and  new  endpapers.
Illustrated    with  two  engraved  title   pages  and  15   full-page
engravings. Mild edgewear. A Near Fine set.                    $350.00

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