MATABELE LAND AND THE VICTORIA FALLS

Oates (Frank)

Description:

A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Interior of Southern Africa, from the letters & journals of the late Frank Oates, F.R.G.S. Edited by C.G. Oates.

xlii + 433 pages, frontispiece portrait, 4 folding maps, 14 hand coloured lithographs (of natural history subjects including 2 of birds by Keulemans), 6 chromolithographic plates, woodcut vignette on title page, 38 woodcuts in the text, full dark green morocco, neatly recased with matching green leather preserving the original backstrip, marbled edges and endpapers, presentation inscription from the editor on the front free endpaper, the contents and plates are crisp and bright.

Details:

  • Publisher: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co.
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1889
  • Edition: Second (and best) edition
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 8vo (235 x 155 mm)
  • Lot No: 194
  • Hammer Price: $400
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 36
  • Estimate: $500/600
  • Reserve: $400

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