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On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an American in Mashonaland and Matabeleland
by Brown, William Harvey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket; Spine sunned, boards worn, front signature loose, shaken, gift inscription on front free endpaper, hi
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fair with no dust jacket; Spine sunned, boards worn, front signature . loose, shaken, gift inscription on front free endpaper, hinges cracked.. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. xxii, 430 pp. Many illustrations and photographs, though lacking the two maps at rear. The author was a "naturalist of an expedition sent by the United States Government in 1889 to the west coast of Africa"...and "collector, big-game hunter, gold seeker, landowner, citizen, and soldier" in Rhodesia, largely now the modern state of Zimbabwe. From the frontispiece illustration depicting the author shooting an African to disparaging descriptions of "the natives" and their resistance to their "transition from barbarism to civilization", it's a detailed, contemporary account of colonial paternalism and imperialism. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34872
- Title
- On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an American in Mashonaland and Matabeleland
- Author
- Brown, William Harvey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Spine sunned, boards worn, front signature loose, shaken, gift inscription on front free endpaper, hi
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Big Game Hunters, African Colonialism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
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Old Saratoga Books
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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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- Cracked
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- Fair
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- First Edition
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