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Rhodesiana Reprint Library (Gold Series) Volume Twenty-Eight (28). Books of Rhodesia. Bulawayo 1972. Facsimile of the 1876 Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington edition.. No inscriptions. A Fine copy in VG dustwrapper (spine faded, light rubbing, but no loss or tears).. Gilt and black decoration and gilt title on green cloth boards. xiv + 462pp. illustrated colour & b/w plates, foldout map. The Rhodesiana Reprint Library are same-size facsimile reprints. There are 36 volumes in the Gold Series, and 24 in the later Silver Series.

London, Sampson Low, 1876 . First English edition; 8vo, xv, 462 pp., frontispiece, 4 chromolithograph plates, 11 wood-engraved plates, folding map, near contemporary burgundy half calf, morocco label, lightly rubbed, light soiling to half-title, a very good copy. Scarce. 'A German sportsman, Mohr travelled to the Victoria Falls partly for the sake of hunting, partly in the hope of making geographical discoveries. After landing at Cape Town, Mohr and his companions ventured into the interior, crossing the Tugela River and enjoying a wide variety of sport... an excellent work of exploration and sport' (Czech). Czech p116; Mendelssohn II, 32-33.