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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

W B Lord and Thomas Baines

SHIFTS AND EXPEDIENTS OF CAMP LIFE, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION

Published: Africana Book Society, Johannesburg, 1975

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Lord and Baines pooled their considerable experience of exploration to produce an amazingly interesting encyclopaedia of practical survival for the explorer in the late 1800s. These include advice on the selection of wagons, boats, horses and oxen, on methods of hunting and fishing, bush cuisine and medical improvisation among many others. 1975 African Reprint Library Volume Three. Facsimile reproduction of the 1876 edition with new Foreword. Pages 1-734, prefaced by Contents, Directions to Binder, Tissue-guarded photographs, and a foreword by Frank Bradlow. Dust Jacket in Very Good condition. Illustrated endpapers. Green boards with elaborate gilt design on front and gilt titles on spine. Book in Very Good condition.
  • Size: 220 x 140 x 60 mm
  • Sold By: Pringle Bay Books
  • Contact Person: Neil Berens
  • Country: South Africa
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