Travel
BAKER, Samuel White.
Ismailia. A narrative of the expedition to Central Africa for the suppression of the slave trade. Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt.
Macmillan, London 1874. First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., viii, 447; viii, 588pp., 2 portrait frontispieces, numerous wood-engraved plates, 2 maps (1 large folding), original green cloth gilt, large gilt vignette to upper covers, one corner bumped, inner hinges cracked, generally a very good clean set. Provenance: William Harrison (armorial bookplate).
Baker was given supreme power by the Khedive to rout the Slave Trade. While most of the narrative involves travel and military adventure, there are several episodes of sport as well. Blackmer 66; Hilmy I, 49 (later edition); Czech p11.
Price: £ 750
US Dollar Price: $ 1130
Stock Number: 76066