Men, Mines and Animals in South Africa by Randolph Churchill (1892)

Published by London Sampson Low, Marston, 1892, hardcover, second edition, illustrated, index, 337 pages, fold-out map, red cloth covers with gilt lettering and vignettes to front board & spine, 15.4 cms x 22.7 cms x 3.6 cms,  corners of boards bumped, some  small  wear to top of spine, otherwise condition: very good.

In 1891, Lord Randolph Churchill M.P., the father of  Winston, traveled to South Africa at the invitation of Sir Henry Loch and Cecil Rhodes, Governor and Prime Minister, respectively, of South Africa. He toured the diamond and gold mines at Kimberly and Johannesberg, and spent some time shooting in Mashonaland, a thousand miles inland. He travelled for some months through Cape Colony, the Transvaal and Rhodesia, making notes on the politics and economics of the countries, shooting lions, and recording his impressions in letters to a London newspaper, which were afterwards republished under the title of Men, Mines and Animals in South Africa.

             Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill was a British aristocrat and politician.  He became Secretary of State for India, and later was Chancellor of the Exchequer.