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A Hunter's Life in South Africa BRIAR PATCH PRESS AFRICAN COLLECTION
de Cumming, R. Gordon
- Usado
- good
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
Carrollton, Georgia, United States
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Camden: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Leather_bound. Good. Leather_bound. 10 1/4" X 7 1/4". xxv, 352pp. Rubbing, bumps, and light scuffing to covers, corners, and edges of orange leather over boards. Boards are slightly warped. Three raised bands to spine. Gilt stamping at spine and front cover is rubbed and faded in some spots. Spotting to all-edges gilt. Gold, sewn-in silk ribbon appears to have been cut short. Foxing to endpapers. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound.
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Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming, (March 15, 1820 - March 24, 1866), was a Scottish traveler and sportsman recognized as the "lion hunter." He held the distinction of being the second son of Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet, and Lady Eliza Maria Gordon-Cumming.
From an early age, his ardor for sports set him apart. Educated at Eton in England, he commenced his career by joining the East India Company's service as a cornet in the Madras Light Cavalry at the age of eighteen. However, he soon found the climate in India unsuitable for him. Subsequently, after two years of service, he retired and returned to Scotland.
During his time in the East, he initiated the assembly of his collection of hunting trophies and natural history specimens. In 1843, he became a part of the Cape Mounted Rifles, yet he chose to pursue absolute freedom and consequently sold out by the year's end. With an ox wagon and a few native companions, he embarked on an expedition into the heart of Africa. His hunting expeditions were primarily concentrated in Bechuanaland and the Limpopo River valley, both areas abundant with significant wildlife at that time.
This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote.
Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming, (March 15, 1820 - March 24, 1866), was a Scottish traveler and sportsman recognized as the "lion hunter." He held the distinction of being the second son of Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet, and Lady Eliza Maria Gordon-Cumming.
From an early age, his ardor for sports set him apart. Educated at Eton in England, he commenced his career by joining the East India Company's service as a cornet in the Madras Light Cavalry at the age of eighteen. However, he soon found the climate in India unsuitable for him. Subsequently, after two years of service, he retired and returned to Scotland.
During his time in the East, he initiated the assembly of his collection of hunting trophies and natural history specimens. In 1843, he became a part of the Cape Mounted Rifles, yet he chose to pursue absolute freedom and consequently sold out by the year's end. With an ox wagon and a few native companions, he embarked on an expedition into the heart of Africa. His hunting expeditions were primarily concentrated in Bechuanaland and the Limpopo River valley, both areas abundant with significant wildlife at that time.
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- Librería
- Underground Books, ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 14036
- Título
- A Hunter's Life in South Africa BRIAR PATCH PRESS AFRICAN COLLECTION
- Autor
- Cumming, R. Gordon
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather_bound
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Briar Patch Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Camden
- Fecha de publicación
- 1987
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Underground Books, ABAA
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Carrollton, Georgia
Sobre Underground Books, ABAA
Underground Books is an online rare and antiquarian bookshop as well as a brick and mortar general bookstore of the same name in downtown Carrollton, Georgia. Sister store Hills & Hamlets Bookshop is located in the nearby planned eco-community of Serenbe.
Co-owners Josh Niesse and Megan Bell met in 2011, just 10 days or so after Josh opened the doors of Underground Books, literally underground, several steps below street level in a 100-year-old basement in our historic downtown. Megan, an English student at the University of West Georgia, walked in, fell down the rabbit hole, and never left! Reader, we married in May of 2014, under the book arch that now resides at the bookshop. We are both proud alumni of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), and Megan additionally of Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and of the ABAA Women's Initiative Mentorship Program.
We have two open bookshops that carry new, used, bargain, rare, and antiquarian books, as well as our online office, impossible without our incredible team of booksellers, including two fellow CABS graduates, Miranda McMillan and Suzanne Carnes.
Like many booksellers with open brick-and-mortar stores, we are passionate generalists, but our specialties are in decorative publisher's cloth bindings; fairy tales, folklore, and mythology; popular science and natural history; the occult; and fine press books.
Co-owners Josh Niesse and Megan Bell met in 2011, just 10 days or so after Josh opened the doors of Underground Books, literally underground, several steps below street level in a 100-year-old basement in our historic downtown. Megan, an English student at the University of West Georgia, walked in, fell down the rabbit hole, and never left! Reader, we married in May of 2014, under the book arch that now resides at the bookshop. We are both proud alumni of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), and Megan additionally of Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and of the ABAA Women's Initiative Mentorship Program.
We have two open bookshops that carry new, used, bargain, rare, and antiquarian books, as well as our online office, impossible without our incredible team of booksellers, including two fellow CABS graduates, Miranda McMillan and Suzanne Carnes.
Like many booksellers with open brick-and-mortar stores, we are passionate generalists, but our specialties are in decorative publisher's cloth bindings; fairy tales, folklore, and mythology; popular science and natural history; the occult; and fine press books.
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