Maj Frederick Burnham (2 results)

Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Doubleday, Doran and Company, Garden City, New York. 1928. Xxii, 370 pages. Illustrated. Reprint. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (crown of the spine is chipped and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Frederick Russell Burnham DSO (May 11, 1861 September 1, 1947) was an American scout and world traveling adventurer. He is known for his service to the British South Africa Company, then the British Army in colonial Africa, and for teaching woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell, becoming one of the inspirations for the founding of the international Scouting Movement. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Inscribed on front free endpaper by Mary Nixon Everett, who describes in the Introduction how she cajoled Maj. Burham into writing this autobiography, and leant her editorial talent to the project. All black and white photo plates are present. Cover shows wear and gilt titles are faded; the scarce dust jacket is price clipped and is edgeworn with some stains at back and 1/2 in. piece missing at bottom of spine. Inscribed by Editor.