Travel
BALDWIN, William Chambers.
African hunting from Natal to the Zambesi including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, &c. from 1852 to 1860.
Bentley, London 1863. Second edition. 8vo., x, 451pp., frontispiece, forty-six other illustrations, some full-page, including six tinted lithographs after James Wolf, folding map, polished calf prize binding, gilt stamp to upper cover, spine in six compartments, red morocco letteing piece to second, others richly gilt, raised bands, marbled edges, a fine copy.
A work of early sport and travel, this describes Baldwin's journeys through Natal, Zululand, the Transvaal, Bechuanaland, Matabeleland, and Namaqualand to the Zambesi and the Victoria Falls (though not yet known as that). He hunted in the lands of the Amatongas and Zulus where he collected hippopotamus, lion, eland, rhinoceros, buffalo, kudu and giraffe. Near Lake Ngami, he bagged elephant, then crossed the Tugela River on his way to the Zambesi (Victoria Falls) where he encountered buffalo and lion. - Czech. Czech p12; Mendelssohn I, 73-74 (2nd edition).
Price: £ 650
US Dollar Price: $ 980
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