African Hunting And Adventure From Natal To The Zambesi; Including Lake Ngami, The Kalahari Desert, &c. From 1852 To 1860. With Illustrations by James Wolf and J.B. Zwecker

  • Leather bound
  • London: Richard Bentley, 1863
By Baldwin, William Charles
London: Richard Bentley, 1863. Second Edition. Leather bound. Very good. Second edition of African Hunting and Adventure from Natal to the Zambesi by William Charles Baldwin.. Octavo, x, 451pp. Full red polished calf, double gilt-ruled border on covers with florets at corners. Title in gilt over green leather spine label, raised bands with decorative gilt compartments. Marbled edges and endpapers. Bound by Bickers & Son, London. Complete with 46 illustrations and fold-out map of South Africa. Frontispiece portrait of Baldwin. Wear at edges and shelf wear to boards. Intermittent foxing. Previous bookseller's label on rear endpaper. Gift inscription on front flyleaf. (Czech 16-17) (Mendelssohn I, pp. 73-74). William Charles Baldwin collected hippopotamus, lion, eland, rhinoceros, kudu, giraffe, elephant, and buffalo throughout his travels outlined in this text. African Hunting is considered "a necessary volume in the African sporting library." (Czech 17).

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Title

African Hunting And Adventure From Natal To The Zambesi; Including Lake Ngami, The Kalahari Desert, &c. From 1852 To 1860. With Illustrations by James Wolf and J.B. Zwecker

Author

Baldwin, William Charles

Binding

Leather bound

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Richard Bentley: London

Date

1863

Edition

Second Edition


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