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Lot 19
BAINES, THOMAS Explorations in South-West Africa. Being an account of a journey in the years 1861 and 1862 from Walvisch Bay, on the western coast, to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. First edition. Publisher's green cloth. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; xiv, 535 pp.; hand-colored frontispiece, 3 folding maps with hand color in outline, plates, in-text illustrations, half-title, errata leaf. Recased retaining the original spine, endpapers renewed, extremities lightly bumped, one or two pale spots to cloth, scattered foxing, bookplate to front pastedown and ink stamp to front free endpaper.
Pages numbered [1]-457, [390]-[457] (with printed brackets), and 458-535, as issued. "Baines, accompanied by a Mr. J. Chapman, explored and pursued wild game through Namaqualand, Damaraland and across Bechuanaland to the shores of Lake Ngami, then on to the Victoria Falls. There are vivid descriptions of the landscape and natives accented by Baines' splendid illustrations. The party experienced numerous elephant hunting episodes with additional mention of collecting gemsbock, giraffe, wildebeest and buffalo" (Czech). Czech, Africa, p. 13; Hilmy I, p. 49.
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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