African hunting from Natal to the Zambesi, including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, etc., from 1852 to 1860. Second edition.
London: Richard Bentley, 1863. 8vo, pp. x, [2], 451, 32 (Bentley ads); title page printed in red and black; frontispiece portrait, folding map, 10 wood-engraved and/or lithograph plates plus other illustrations in the text; generally a fine copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Big game hunting in South Africa. Mendelssohn I, 73-74: "Mr. Baldwin's experiences are written in a simple and unostentatious manner, but he went through more adventures than almost all of the great South African travelers and hunters." Czech, Africa, p. 12: "A work of early sport and travel, this describes Baldwin's journeys through Natal, Zululand, the Transvaal, Bechuanaland, Matabeleland, and Namaqualand to the Zambesi and the Victoria Falls..." Item #25951
Price: $500.00
