CUMMING, R. Gordon.
A Hunter's Life in South Africa.
R. Gordon Cumming's A Hunter's Life in South Africa; bound in full suede
Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, 1980.
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The 1850 edition of Cumming's classic work in facsimile. Octavo, four volumes bound in full suede with spine labels lettered in gilt, illustrated with engravings, photographs, and maps. In fine condition. Each volume housed in a custom suede slipcase.
Known as "the lion hunter", Scottish adventurer and sportsman Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming joined the Cape Mounted Rifles in 1843, but for the sake of absolute freedom sold out at the end of the year and with an ox wagon and a few native followers set out for the interior of Africa. He hunted chiefly in Bechuanaland and the valley of the Limpopo River, regions then swarming with big game. The story of his exploits is vividly told in his book, Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa (London, 1850). Of this volume, received at first with incredulity by stay-at-home critics, David Livingstone, who furnished Gordon-Cumming with most of his native guides, wrote: "I have no hesitation in saying that Mr. Cumming's book conveys a truthful idea of South African hunting".
A Hunter's Life in South Africa.
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