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Price: US$576.01 + shipping
Description: 4th Ed. Large 8vo. xvi + 359pp. 26 chromolitho. plates including half title (misbound after t.p.), folding map. Some light browning and sporadic foxing, modern e.ps. split to upper joint, original blind embossed cloth with gilt figures of beasts to upper board, rebacked with much of original gilt ills. spine laid down. Nice copy of this well known and valuable work, a classic of Big Game hunting and exploration in South Africa. Mendelssohn Vol. 1., pp.689. '. this edition possesses two additional chapters, giving a full account of the massacre of Retief and his party by Dingan, the fall of Piet Uys in an abortive invasion of the Zulu territories, the death of Maritz, and the annihilation of the Natal settlers.' US$559
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$1185.39 + shipping
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Full-Leather Near Fine Full dark red morocco, elaborate 13mm gilt borders to both covers, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt-decorated panels to spine, gilt decoration to cover edges and turnovers, pp. i-xvi, 1- 359, aeg, 26 handcoloured plates and foldout map (May 1837) all by the author and in excellent condition, scattered foxing to early and late pp. and very occasional spotting throughout, cover corners and spine edges rubbed.
Seller: Books On Dean, Albury, NSW, Australia
Price: US$1437.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Signed binding of contemporary half maroon morocco by R. H. Porter. Spine in six compartments, gilt titles and vignettes, raised bands tooled in gilt. Pebble-grain maroon cloth sides, all edges gilt. Bound with Plate IV, 'The Gnoo', as frontispiece. The non-hunting Plate I, 'Chief Moselekatse', appears supplied from another copy and is bound facing page 1. 24 hand colored plates, plus both the engraved, hand colored title as well as a typeset title, and with the folding map present in the rear. Plate X noted with some foxing else the plates are fine, bright and fresh. The map is also fine. The binding is fine as well, with only traces of rubbing at the edges, hinges and corners. And this edition contains the two extra chapters. Experts consider this the first big game hunting book and an essential title for any African sporting collection. Originally issued 5 years earlier with fewer monochrome plates, the third (1841) and fourth (1844) editions contain the 24 plates in vivid hand coloring.
Seller: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1570.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Barreled spine in six sections. Surface cracking of leather on front spine hinge. Slight erosion at head and tail of spine. Corners gently bumped and board showing through when viewed 'end on'. 2.5cm square libris plate centred on front pastedown. Decorated eps. Fracturing fully along front hinge and partially along back hinge. Gilt top edge clean and bright. Pages xvi + 359 with full representation of 26 colour plates and one fold out map. HEAVY BOOK (1.5Kg) POSTAGE TO BE QUOTED. (4S)
Seller: CHAPTER TWO, Pinetown, KZN, South Africa
Price: US$2475.00 + shipping
Description: Fourth edition, and a preferred edition as the first edition did not include the hand-coloured lithographic plates. Illustrated with 26 hand-colored lithographed plates, folding map at rear. Tall, royal 8vo, very handsomely bound by Period Binders of Bath, England in three-quarter sienna morocco over marbled boards, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped and gilt ruled, gilt lettered in two compartments of the spine, the other four compartments with fine gilt tooled framed panels enclosing a gilt tool of crossed guns, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves to match, original cloth upper cover decorative panel showing four animals, lion, giraffe, Cape buffalo and elephant portrayed in gilt is bound in at the end of the volume. xvi, 359, 6 ads. pp. A beautiful and very handsome copy in a fine binding. The binding secure, tight and strong, the text-block and illustrations all in very pleasing order. A very fine copy of this important book. Discrete library stamp to the verso of one prelim. THE BEST EDITION AND VERY SCARCE IN SUCH A HANDSOME AND APPEALING BINDING. One of the greatest 19th century works on African game and a true canon title of the genre. Harris study goes far beyond simple game hunting and is a valuable look into the Africa of the day. In addition to the studies of the wildlife, he also gives us through both the text and the lithographic plates a look at some of the indigenous peoples of the region. This work is regarded as the first book to be penned on the hunting of game animals in Africa. A cornerstone work of the African oeuvre. The plates themselves are highly noteworthy. The images are dynamic and capture the movements, the very nuances, of the subjects. In many cases these were among the earliest glimpses Western peoples experienced of these fascinating animals and peoples. The colour reproduction is excellent and the plates in this copy are particularly clean and bright.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.