MATABELELAND AND THE VICTORIA FALLS

[Oates (C.G. Oates)]

Description:

From the Letters and Journals of Frank Oates.

De Luxe Edition, facsimile reprint: 383 pages, colour frontispiece from the original water colour by Frank Oates (by kind permission of the National Archives of Rhodesia), 7 colour plates, many illustrations, 4 folding maps, facsimile letter from Oates to his brother Charles in a pocket at the end, facsimiles of other letters as endpapers, quarter brown leather with an orange title label on the spine, light brown cloth sides, top edge gilt, contained in a light brown cloth slip case with the design from the front cover of the original edition on the upper panel, a very good copy.

Number 37 of the Collector’s Edition limited to 90 copies.

Details:

  • Publisher: The Pioneer Head
  • Publisher Place: Salisbury, Rhodesia
  • Date of Publication: (1881) 1971
  • Edition: Collector’s Edition
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 8vo (220 x 145 mm)
  • Lot No: 177
  • Hammer Price: $100
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 28
  • Estimate: $150/200
  • Reserve: $100

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