Lot 254
  • 254

Chapman, James

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Chapman, James
  • Travels in the Interior of South Africa, comprising fifteen years' Hunting and Trading; with Journeys across the Continent from Natal to Walvisch Bay, and visits to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls. London: Bell & Daldy, 1868
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (211 x 129mm.), (vol.1) xiv, [iv contents, errata], 454pp., [ii pp. colophon]; (vol.2) viii, [iv contents, errata], 480pp., half-titles, 2 folding maps, 8 plates, illustrations, contemporary pale calf, full gilt spines, double black labels, marbled endpapers and edges

Provenance

J. Lamont of Knockdow, arctic voyager and travel author, armorial bookplate

Literature

Mendelssohn I, p.506; Czech (Africa) p.36

Condition

A fine copy
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