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Five Months' Sport in Somali Land
by Wolverton, Lord (Frederick Glyn)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket (as issued)
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1894. Book. Illus. by Illustrations from photographs by Colonel Paget. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An account of Wolverton's hunting adventures in Somali Land, where he and Arthur Colonel Paget bagged lions, gazelles, crocodiles, and a variety of other animals. Beige cloth w/small lion illustration/lettering in gilt to front cover (unfortunately, the scan doesn't show them all that clearly), gilt spine lettering, 108 pages, 23 mainly full-page illustrations, folding map. This copy from the library of naturalist/writer Lieutenant-Commander Bruce S. Wright, and bears his embossed seal to top right corner of title page. Moderately soiled cloth, edgewear, bumped/worn corners/spine ends, sun-darkened spine, 1/2" slit to bottom right spine edge, 1" slit to top left spine edge, previous owner's name/date to front end paper, foxing to endpapers/pastedowns/map, general wear..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017611
- Title
- Five Months' Sport in Somali Land
- Author
- Wolverton, Lord (Frederick Glyn)
- Illustrator
- Illustrations from photographs by Colonel Paget
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- NOISBN, SOMALI LAND, SOMALILAND, CAMEL, CAMELS, ZAREBA, LIONS, LIONESS, ORYX, SOEMMERINGI GAZELLE, SHEBEYLI, CROCODILES, OSTRICHES, SOMALIS, AFRICA, BIG-GAME HUNTING, HUNTERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports (hunting, fishing);
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About the Seller
Augustine Funnell Books
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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