Buy this book on-line Baldwin, William Charles : African Hunting and Adventure(Cape Town: Struik, 1967)
Number 202 of an edition limited to 750 copies. Full title: 'African Hunting and Adventure from Natal to the Zambesi, including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, &c. From 1852 to 1860.' This is the twenty-sixth volume in the Africana Collectanea series. Text facsimile of the Richard Bentley third edition of 1894. 8vo; original brown rexine with gilt lettering to spine, and gilt publisher's device to upper board; pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. (ii) + x + 428, incl. index; folding map; plates, some of which in colours; line drawings in text. Small closed tear to top edge of dustwrapper's lower panel; slight bump to bottom fore-corners. Very good condition. "A work of early sport and travel, this describes Baldwin's journeys through Natal, Zululand, the Transvaal, Bechuanaland, Matabeleland, and Namaqualand to the Zambesi and Victoria Falls (though not yet known as that). He hunted in the lands of the Amatongas and Zulus where he collected hippopotamus, lion, eland, rhinoceros, buffalo, kudu and giraffe. Near Lake Ngami, he bagged elephant, then crossed the Tugela River on his way to the Zambesi (Victoria) Falls where he encountered buffalo and lion." - Kenneth P. Czech: An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 to 1950 Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Baldwin, William Charles : African Hunting and Adventure. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, livres anciens, livres illustrées, libri antichi and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |