H. Karl W. Kumm [Hermann Karl Wilhelm Kumm] — From Hausaland to Egypt, Through the Sudan

London, Constable and Co, 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Dr. Hermann Kumm's account of his journey from the Hausa Kingdoms to Egypt, and the big game he hunted along the way. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, six full colour plates of butterflies, retaining their original captioned tissue guards, a folding map to the rear, and eighty-six further full plate and vignette illustrations and tables. Collated, complete.The work of German big game hunter Dr Hermann Karl Wilhelm Kumm, who in 1904 founded the Sudan United Mission.A noted hunter of big game, Kumm provides accounts of the shooting of elephant, buffalo and other large animals on his travels along the Niger and Nile. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with light marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with instances of light spotting to page perimeters. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .