For Sale Trophy Room Book - A Hunter's Wanderings In Africa By FC Selous First Edition 1893

[wesheltonj]

If you decide to let go of that copy. I would be interested.

 

[Traveler1]

Didn't mean to jump in the thread, but @Kevin Peacocke is that a chocolate lab rolling on the zebra skin.

Vette447, I will be heading to Zim summer of 2024, so I could be the long term plan. BTW, what part of Oklahoma. I have a house in Edmond.

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[Jason Miller]

Just for fun, here are a few photos of my "keeper" copy of this book. Sadly, this one is not for sale:

This one is inscribed by Selous to his friend E.N. Buxton. Seems Mr Buxton was a well known conservationist and was well connected within colonial Africa. At Selous' suggestion, Teddy Roosevelt enlisted help from Buxton in planning for his 1909-10 safari. Numerous letters back and forth between Roosevelt and Buxton discussing plans for the safari can be found in the US national archive.

WOW what an amazing book ... a keeper for sure.

 

[Jason Miller]

Thank you, pop in for coffee any time Jason.

Careful I have been known to take people up on offers such as this,.... I will be in Malawi, Zambia, SA and Namibia in May, pretty much everywhere but Zim this time around ....

 

[vette447]

Thank you all for the kind comments.

Traveler, I am close to Edmond in the OKC metro area.

 

[gizmo]

Oh if only. Excellent book and what a dream book for sure.