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Wild Beasts and Their Ways: Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Vol. I-II
de Baker, Samuel W
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London / New York: MacMillan & Co., 1890. xii, [2], 419; vi, [2], 379, 2 frontispieces, 2 title vignettes, 25 plates. . HB. 2 vols, 8vo, cont. half-calf, professionally repaired to head of one spine, raised bands and gt tooling to spine compartments; marbled boards (rubbed/scuffed), edges and endpapers. Some light, scattered foxing. A very good set.. First edition, in two volumes. Illustrated with wood engravings by Harry Dixon. 'Baker calls upon a lifetime of hunting experiences to describe a variety of big game worldwide.' Czech (Africa) p. 16; (Asia) p. 20. Samuel White Baker (1821-1893) was an English explorer, naturalist, big game hunter, and writer. He is best known for his explorations of the Nile and the interior of Central Africa (he was the first European to visit Lake Albert), and for his exploits as a big game hunter..
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- Wild Beasts and Their Ways: Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Vol. I-II
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- Baker, Samuel W
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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- Spine
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