Sale 19JJ03 | Lot 358

SWAYNE, [HAROLD GEORGE CARLOS], Captain Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland. A Record of Exploration & Big Game Shooting, 1885 to 1893...

Catalogue: Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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Lot 358
SWAYNE, [HAROLD GEORGE CARLOS], Captain Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland. A Record of Exploration & Big Game Shooting, 1885 to 1893...
London: Rowland Ward and Co., 1895. First edition. Publisher's tan cloth. 9 x 6 1/2 inches (23 x 16 cm); xx, 386, [2] pp., 2 folding maps, plates, in-text illustrations, half-title, publisher's advertisements. Spine darkened, covers toned, extremities a bit worn, foxing to first few leaves, map with tear near mount, contemporary ownership inscription to half-title, booksellers tickets to pastedowns.
"An excellent game shot, Swayne describes his seventeen journeys into Somaliland's interior. An important work of sport and exploration" (Czech). Czech, Africa, pp. 161-162.


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Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 11am EDT