AFRICAN CAMP-FIRE NIGHTS. By John F. Burger.

(1959) 1993 2nd edition. 8vo (145 x 223mm). Pp192. B/w photographs. Fully bound in green bonded leather, upper board and spine titled in gilt.

"During a lifetime of wandering in the African bush, the author recorded some of the most amazing stories told to him around the camp fire at night. [They] are not confined to hunting adventures, but ...also include eye-witness accounts of ...cannibal tribes on the Ivory Coast, ordeals by poison and water, witchcraft, the influence of the medicine and fetish men, and an account of nights spent listening to the midnight chorus of the 'Ruwenzori Ghosts'." Chapters include: When fortune smiled; Lion depravity; The gentle cannibals; A date with destiny; The addict; In dead man's country; Twice lucky; Chiweta tells his story; Ronald, the white Mahuma; The lion again; The ordeal by poison; Akkabi tells his story; Echoes of the past; Jumbos and ju-jus; Killers in action; Innocent victims; Those who survived; Other survivors; The last camp-fire.