1893 Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa First Edition Illustrated

Description: Click here to see our other books! Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa. Being the narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambesi and its Tributaries; With an Account of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry in that Country. Frederick Courteney Selous 1893 Rowland Ward and Co., Limited : London 9" by 7" xviii, 503, [4] SUMMARY Frederick Courteney Selous recounts eleven years of hunting game and gathering fauna specimens in this first edition of 'Travel and Adventure in South East Africa' First Edition,Folding Maps,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding Overall Condition: Good This book weighs 2 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 29.99 EU Postage: £ 21.99 European Postage: £ 23.99 Asia Postage: £ 37.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 38.99 DESCRIPTION A first edition of 'Travel and Adventure in South East Africa', in which Frederick Courteney Selous recounts the eleven years he spent in the region. With 35 in-text illustrations, 22 full page plates, and a folding map, collated and complete. In twenty six chapters, Selous describes his experiences collecting fauna samples, narrates hunting exploits, as well as reminiscing about his travels to the countries of the Mashukulumbwi and Barotsi tribes. Selous was a revered hunter in the 1890s, yet the friend of Theodore Roosevelt and Cecil Rhodes was also a conservationist and encouraged colonial governments to establish game reserves to prevent the extinction of species. Over his life time, Selous donated more than 5000 plant and animal specimens to the natural history section of the British museum. Four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. CONDITION In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, quite rubbed with a little loss of cloth to the top of the back board. Decoration on the front board is faded but visible, as is the lettering on the spine. Bumped to the head and the tail of the spine with some wear to the extremities. Front hinge weak and front endpaper disbound but present. Back hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Overall Condition: Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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