Adventures among the Masai and other tribes of east Africa.
Boston, Arena, 1892
Inscribed copy. May French Sheldon (1848-1936), an energetic American, writes of the pioneering safari she led in 1891 from Mombasa to the Masai lands beyond Mount Kilimanjaro and back. 'Full of adventures and enormously (if unconsciously) entertaining.' (Robinson). The edition was published simultaneously in Boston and London (the Saxon Press). The illustrations are interesting showing a variety of domestic objects, costume, jewellery, etc.
First edition; 8vo, inscribed by the author, number 983 of an unspecified limitation signed by the publisher, [viii], 435 pp., frontispiece, map. 25 full-page illustrations, original red cloth gilt, bevelled edges, light wear, a very good copy.
Robinson p 27.
First edition; 8vo, inscribed by the author, number 983 of an unspecified limitation signed by the publisher, [viii], 435 pp., frontispiece, map. 25 full-page illustrations, original red cloth gilt, bevelled edges, light wear, a very good copy.
Robinson p 27.
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