Lot Details
Lot 142
FERNANDES DAS NEVES, D[IOCLECIANO]. A Hunting Expedition to the Transvaal.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1879. First English edition. Publisher's red pictorial gilt. 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; xi, 280, 24 pp.; half-title, publisher's advertisements. Slight lean, spine sunned, spine ends bumped, one or two pale stains to covers, scattered foxing, blind library stamp to front free endpaper.
Scarce; we trace only one copy at auction since 1950, and only one institutional copy listed in WorldCat. Czech, Africa, p. 75; Mendelssohn I:416-417.
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
Estimate: $400 - $600
Sold for $468 (includes buyer's premium)
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