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Auction #119 begins on 14 Nov 2024

Frederick Boyle

Adventures Among the Dyaks of Borneo

Published: Hurst and Blackett, London, 1865

Edition: First edition

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1 volume. First edition 1865. Scarce copy.

Publishers red cloth.

Gilt title to spine.

Mottled page blocks.

Previous owners name on title page.

xii, 324 pages.

Frontispiece with new tissue-guard.

Title vignette. 

Light sun shading to cover.

Frederick Boyle, 1841-1914, was a prominent traveller and newspaper

correspondent who published a number of books on his travels in the

second half of the nineteenth century. 'Adventures among the Dyaks

of Borneo,' his first book, was written after a journey undertaken with

his brother Arthur when he was only 22. Boyle travelled extensively in

Sarawak in 1863. He provides an informed view of the personalities of

members of the Government in the later years of James Brooke's reign,

together with a comprehensive description of Dyak life at the time.

This is one of the scarcest of the nineteenth century books on Sarawak. 

Recorded shipping weight 1000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 22.5 x 14.5 cm
  • Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Tom Moloney
  • Country: Ireland
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