BAKER, Samuel.
The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon.
The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon.
Stock Code 120304
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854.
signed presentation inscription
Inscription: 'Mrs Holford/ from the author/ Samuel Baker'."A cornerstone in the Asian big game hunting library, this first book by the future African explorer recounts his arrival in Ceylon in the 1850s. " - Czech.
First edition; 8vo (22 x 15 cm); signed presentation inscription to original front endaper bound in, 6 colour lithographed plates after sketches by the author including frontispiece, further in-text wood engravings, a touch of offsetting to plate margins; contemporary half straight grained red morocco, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments, all edges marbled, a fine copy; xii, 409pp.
Czech, Asian p19.
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