[Rarebooks] FS: FIVE YEARS OF A HUNTER'S LIFE IN THE FAR INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1850, Illustrated with engravings and a map
Charles Agvent
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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 AND
ANECDOTES OF THE CHASE OF THE LION, ELEPHANT, HIPPOPOTAMUS, GIRAFFE,
RHINOCEROS, &C. London: John Murray, 1850. Second Edition. 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 16 full-page engravings including a map. Mild edgewear. A Near
Fine set. (#013788) $250.00
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