Peel, C.V.A.. Somaliland : Being an Account of two Expeditions into the far Interior, together with a complete list of every animal and bird known to inhabit that country, and a list of the reptiles collected by the author. F.E. Robinson and Co., 1900.

Price: US$380.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: the book is inscribed by the author thus : "with the author's compliments". unfortunately he did not sign it. there is also a previous owner's signature. there is a neat book plate under the front board from the Diocesan college library and a reference number on the spine. original binding is good. the boards are very worn and the spine has tears that have been repaired. there is foxing and age related marks. the map and all but one of the plates is present.(the plate facing page 99 is missing). although the overall condition is only fair it is very unusual to find this book inscribed by the author who died in 1931. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

PEEL, Charles Victor Alexander.. Somaliland. Being an account of two expeditions into the far interior. Together with a complete list of every animal and bird known to inhabit that country, and a list of the reptiles collected by the author .. London, F.E. Robinson & Co., 1900., 1900.

Price: US$452.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 345, [3]; with frontispiece, 4 plates, a folding map and numerous illustrations within the text; light damp staining to frontispiece; very good in original maroon cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt with gilt vignette to upper cover; extremities a little rubbed, a few marks to covers; ink inscriptions to front endpapers 'With the Author's Compliments 1900' and 'R.C. de Crespigny?.First edition, presentation copy from the author. 'An excellent sporting title, this features all manner of big game hunting in the regions southwest of Hargeisa on Peel's first expedition, then through the Haud and Ogaden on his second' (Czech).Peel (1869-1931) was a Fellow of the Zoological Society, and established a private museum of natural history and anthropology in his home town of Oxford. His other works include the utopian novel The Ideal Island: a Romance (1927) in which the islanders espouse universal nudity.Czech p. 127.

Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom