Lodges in the Wilderness
by Scully, T. C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Foxing to all edges and endpapers, owner name penciled on front free endpaper.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Foxing to all edges and endpapers, owner . name penciled on front free endpaper.. 1915. First American Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth binding with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Four black and white plates by A. W. Standen. xiv, 252 pp. The author narrates his trips across the northern border of the Cape Colony (South Africa) during the 1890s, including scenes about oryx hunting, encounters with Bushmen, ostriches, gold miners, and tarantulas. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38396
- Title
- Lodges in the Wilderness
- Author
- Scully, T. C
- Illustrator
- A. W. Standen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Foxing to all edges and endpapers, owner name penciled on front free endpaper.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- South Africa, Cape Colony, 1890s
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure; Africa;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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