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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Pike (Nicholas)

SUB-TROPICAL RAMBLES IN THE LAND OF THE APHANAPTERYX.

Published: Sampson Low, Marsten Low & Searle, London, 1873

Edition: First edition

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Personal experiences, Adventures, & Wanderings

In and around The Island of Mauritius

First edition: xviii, 509 pages + 32 pages publisher’s catalogue, frontispiece, title page vignette, 7 plates and numerous black and white illustrations in the text, folding maps, many pages unopened, light foxing throughout, splitting at the front hinge, book plate on front paste down end paper, book binders ticket on the back paste down end paper, bound in green pebble grained Pikecloth over bevelled boards with gilt vignette on the upper cover, gilt decoration and title on the spine, a good copy.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography vol 2 page 167: About thirteen pages are devoted to an interesting account of Cape Town and its vicinity in 1866. pages 35 - 48.

Last 2 pages contain the Appendix and colophon.

A South African Bibliography vol 3 page 686 - only 2 copies listed.

 

  • Overall Condition: A good copy
  • Size: 8vo (230 x150mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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