Dust jacket in fine condition. Red rexine-covered boards with gilt logo on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Internally clean, binding tight and good. Pull-out map in perfect condition.
46 illustrations, plan of the Hundred Falls - Orange River, and map of the journey.
Pages [i-v]vi-xx 1-475.
G.A. Farini (real name William Leonard Hunt), in a small group which included his son 'Lulu' who took the pictures, explored the Kalahari in search of diamonds, cattle ranching areas, scientific information and adventure. Finding it, from his description of the 'Lost City of the Kalahari', has been the reason for many later expeditions into that area. A bit of a showman (he once walked across the Niagra falls on a tightrope), Farini may have exaggerated some of his finds, but his writing is a great contribution to books on exploration in Southern Africa.
- Size: 220 x 150 x 60 mm
- Sold By: Pringle Bay Books
- Contact Person: Neil Berens
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 082 899 7195 or 083 652 5694
- Preferred Payment Methods: Mastercard, VISA, and EFT
- Trade Associations: SABDA
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