According to the Czech bibliography (An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785-1950) the first edition of Wild Beasts and Their Ways. Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America was published in London by Macmillan and Company in two volumes.(8vo, brick red cloth with gilt spine titles, with gilt tigers and buffalo vignettes on the boards.) The second edition was a single volume published in 1891 and is "far more commonly encountered". So, I think the first question would be: do you have the a 1st or 2nd edition published by Macmillan in London?
There's a lot of dross on abebooks.com - for a book like this, there will be numerous print-on-demand reproductions and books claimed to be first editions that aren't, leather bound books printed in India... Here's a few listings with seller-supplied photos:
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