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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Oates (Frank)

MATABELE LAND AND THE VICTORIA FALLS

Published: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co., London, 1889

Edition: Second (and best) edition

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A Naturalist\'s Wanderings in the Interior of Southern Africa, from the letters & journals of the late Frank Oates, F.R.G.S. Edited by C.G. Oates.

xlii + 433 pages, frontispiece portrait, 4 folding maps, 14 hand coloured lithographs (of natural history subjects including 2 of birds by Keulemans), 6 chromolithographic plates, woodcut vignette on title page, 38 woodcuts in the text, full dark green morocco, neatly recased with matching green leather preserving the original backstrip, marbled edges and endpapers, presentation inscription from the editor on the front free endpaper, the contents and plates are crisp and bright.

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 8vo (235 x 155 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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