In Wildest Africa

Schillings (C.G.)

Description:

Schillings (C.G.). In Wildest Africa. Translated by Frederic Whyte. With over 300 photographic studies direct from the author's negatives, taken by day and night, and other illustrations. Harper, New York, 1907.
8vo., xvi,716pp., profusely illustrated; original reddish- brown cloth with embossed elephant vignette on upper cover heightened in black and white (a tad mellowed with age otherwise a good copy).
(This is the First American edition of the London 2 vol. edition.)

Details:

  • Publisher: Harper
  • Publisher Place: New York
  • Date of Publication: 1907
  • Edition: First (American)
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 4to
  • Lot No: 19
  • Hammer Price: $150
  • Bids: 1
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  • Estimate: $180/220
  • Reserve: $150

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