Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
by Sir Samuel White Baker
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
THIS IS A VERY RARE BOOK
With ALL 6 of the color lithographs. Quarter-leather and marbled boards, gilded page edges
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Baker, who is most famous for his exploration in search of the Nile, lived for years and traveled extensively in Ceylon and describes the natural history, villages, peoples, agriculture, etc. The plates are mainly of hunting scenes and wildlife, from the author's paintings. The later editions did not have color plates.
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- Bookseller
- Springbok Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 623
- Title
- Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
- Author
- Sir Samuel White Baker
- Format/Binding
- Beautiful Half-Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, First printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- nile exploration, nile, exploration, sri lanka, ceylon, big game hunting, elephant hunting,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Big Game Hunting;
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