SIR SAMUEL BAKER : A MEMOIR

1 volume. First edition 1895.

Bookplate and library card holder on inside.

Library rebinding in half-leather.

Gilt title to spine.

xii, 447pages.

Facsimile portrait frontispiece.

Full-page plates [one of which is folding]

4 folding coloured maps [some with archival tape repair].

Folding facsimile map at rear.

In-text illustrations and maps. 

Baker was a prolific writer and hunter. Where the character

of the country admits an approach [to an elephant] to within

ten paces, I prefer the Ceylon method of aiming at either the

templeor or behind the ear. He was known for using explosive

shells of his own design, supplied by Reilly & Co. of London, these

were iron coated with lead, and their effect was terrific. Elephant

hunting and capturing deer of various kinds, coursing deer, wild boar,

buffalo and a lot more besides. A formidable presence of energetic

shooting and hunting in the jungles.

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