SCOUTING ON TWO CONTINENTS

Burnham Major Frederick Russell

Published by Garden City Doubleday, Page & Company 1926

First Edition, a Rare Inscribed, Presentation Copy, Autographed by both Major Burnham and Mary Nixon Everett, the editor. Illustrated with 31 black and white plates and sketches, some from photographs. 8vo, publisher's original dark brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, bordered in blind and lettered in gilt on upper cover, in the rare pictorially illustrated and printed dustjacket. xxii, 370 pp. A fine copy with minor evidence of age or use, the rare dustjacket with some chipping to the spine panel. FIRST EDITION AUTOGRAPHED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AND EDITOR. This enthralling and conversationally-styled narrative follows the life of the American author through his military adventures as a scout first in the United States, and then in Africa in the first and second Matabele Wars, the Jameson Raid, the defeat of the M Limo, skirmishes with the Boers, difficulties in Rhodesia, etc. According to the preface, this book was written at the urging of a number of the major s friends who felt the heroism of his life should be preserved for posterity. Not only is the tale as interesting and germane today as when it was written, but the book looks virtually new. A delightful must-have. Seller Inventory # 15621

Bibliographic Details

Title: SCOUTING ON TWO CONTINENTS
Publisher: Garden City Doubleday, Page & Company 1926
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition