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With Flashlight And Rifle; A Record Of Hunting Adventures And Of Studies In Wild Life In Equatorial East Africa. Translated By Frederic Whyte. With An Introduction By Sir H.H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B.
by Schillings, Carl Georg
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson and Co, 1906. First Edition. Original cloth. Very good. First edition of With Flashlight and Rifle by Carl Georg Schillings.. Octavo, [two volumes], xxvii, [1], 376pp; viii, 377-782pp. Publisher's original green cloth, with decorative elephant vignette stamped on covers. Title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Slight lean to Volume I, Volume II solid. Lightly bumped edges, faint sunning to spines. Foxing to edges and endpapers. Internally fine. Previous ownership inscription on half-title of both volumes. Frontispiece portrait in Volume I, with numerous illustrations throughout texts. (Czech 247) (Hosken 176).
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13042
- Title
- With Flashlight And Rifle; A Record Of Hunting Adventures And Of Studies In Wild Life In Equatorial East Africa. Translated By Frederic Whyte. With An Introduction By Sir H.H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B.
- Author
- Schillings, Carl Georg
- Illustrator
- First edition of With Flashlight and Rifle by Carl Georg Schillings.
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Carl Georg Schillings, In Wildest Africa Schillings, With Flashlight and Rifle Schillings, In Wildest Africa first edition, With Flashlight and Rifle Schillings
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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