Description

Hardcover, orignal publisher’s pictorial gray-blue cloth. Cover and spine stamped in silver and black depicting native people and a camel occupying an oasis backed by dunes. 280pp., Index. Illustrated with 8 full page engraved plates. Most likely the second edition of this title, first published in 1883. This copy dates from the mid 1890’s [with brief gift inscription on endpaper dated Feb, 1898]. The original printing contained 3 maps and 45 plates. This reprint contains all 8 illustrations called for. A clean, square, unmarked copy in an attractive publisher’s cloth binding. Cloth slightly browned on backstrip and there is a very short [2mm] closed tear to head of spine. Silver lettering and stamping still bright. A very good copy of a very scarce edition of this classic tale of life among the Kunama tribe. A year after its appearance the author was killed by a wounded elephant on another African adventure.