Author: Horn, Alfred Aloysius [ Trader Horn ] & Lewis, Ethelreda [editor]
Title: The Life And Works Of Alfred Aloysius Horn, An Old Visiter - The Ivory Coast In The Earlies : A Narrative Of A Boy Trader's Adventures In The Seventies, Through Which Runs The Strange Thread That Is The History - Meagre, But All That Is Available - Of A Young English Gentlewoman
Description: Jonathan Cape, 1927, 1st edition. Cloth, VG. 320pp, b/w frontis, some spotting to the last pp, edges of boards rubbed & bumped. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ The first volume of Trader Horn's autobiography, detailing his days as an Ivory merchant in the 1870s on the West Coast of Africa. The work details his exploits, including rescuing slaves & in particular his saving of a princess who has been held captive. The book is of its time, with many casual references to shooting big game, although Trader Horn does have a genuine respect of the African people. Alfred Aloysius Smith [ 1861 - 1931 ].

Keywords: biography, travel, big game hunting, africa,