Bernard J Shapero : Rare Books

Travel

POWELL-COTTON, P[ercy] H[orace] G[ordon]

In Unknown Africa; a narrative of twenty months' travel and sport in unknown lands and among new tribes.


Hurst & Blackett, London 1904. First edition. 8vo., xxii, 619pp., 2 colour plates, numerous illustrations, some full-page, 2 folding maps, original dark blue cloth gilt, gilt vignette to upper cover, an excellent copy.

After the success of his sporting trip to Abyssinia, Powell-Cotton was determined to attempt another hunting expedition, this time to British East Africa, not only for sport but also to prove the existence of five-horned giraffe, which Sir Harry Johnston had discovered. - Czech. Czech p134.

Price: £ 1500
US Dollar Price: $ 2180
Stock Number: 62905

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