The Mighty Nimrod. A Life of Frederick Courteney Selous African Hunter and Adventurer 1851-1917.

Name: The Mighty Nimrod. A Life of Frederick Courteney Selous African Hunter and Adventurer 1851-1917.
Author: [Thesiger, Wilfred.] Stephen Taylor.

Book Description

First edition. 8vo, pp. xv, 312; illusts., map endpapers; very good in original cloth, d.-w., which is slightly faded on spine. With a foreword by Wilfred Thesiger, signed at head by him. Presentation inscription to flyleaf verso from Sir Martin le Quesne, with various items from him loosely inserted.

Dealer Notes

Taylor’s life of Selous, the African big game who died while serving in East Africa during WWI, has a foreword by Wilfred Thesiger; Thesiger has signed this copy, which in addition belonged to Sir Martin le Quesne, the British diplomat with appointments in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa.

Author [Thesiger, Wilfred.] Stephen Taylor.

Date 1989

Binding Original cloth in d.-w.

Publisher London: Collins

Condition See description

Pages xv, 312

Price: £150.00

Offered by Meridian Rare Books

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