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, etc.
London: John Murray, 1850, 2 volumes
Cumming was traveling and hunting in South Africa between 1843 and 1848
Below, my copy of the British first edition
Frontispiece in Volume 1
Illustrated Title-Page, and second Title-page in Volume 1
Frontispiece in Volume 2
Illustrated Title-Page, and second Title-page in Volume 2
My beautiful full tree-calf reprint edition dated September 1909 (immediately following the March 1904 printing)
A photo of the 2-volume American first editions, not in my collection
My 2-volume set of the British first edition of Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africais for sale at $450. Contact Me if you are interested.