A Breath from the Veldt.: With illustrations by the author, and frontispiece by Sir J. E. Millais, R.A.
by MILLAIS, John Guille
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- Hardcover
- first
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Henry Sotheran and Co.,, 1895. A classic of the shooting world First edition. "Highlighted by the author's detailed illustrations, this work represents Millais's journey toward the Limpopo River with excursions to hunt kudu, reedbuck, waterbuck, sable, and roan. Near the Nuanetsi River, he bagged buffalo and zebra. After leaving the Limpopo, he collected trophy kudu, as well as lion and leopard. [This is] a most readable and visually exciting book of African travel and big-game hunting" (Czech). Mendelssohn notes that the book "soon became very rare" and quotes from the Daily Telegraph review which described it as "A classic of the shooting world. Never before, or elsewhere, have the winged and furred creatures of the wild lived in their lithe beauty and fantastic grace as in these delicate drawings." Large quarto (377 x 280 mm). Recent dark green full calf for Asprey, spine and front cover gilt lettered and blocked in imitation of the original cloth binding, scrolling foliate turn-ins, Turkish pattern marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Electro-etched frontispiece by Sir John Millais; 12 further tissue-guarded electro-etched plates after J. G. Millais, and 12 full-page half-tone plates, numerous half-tone illustrations in text, all by the author. Spine and front cover a little sunned, mottling to front cover, some slight scratches and abrasions to binding, foxing to margins of electro-etched plates. A very good copy, handsomely bound. Czech, p. 114; Mendelssohn II, p.13.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168096
- Title
- A Breath from the Veldt.
- Author
- MILLAIS, John Guille
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Henry Sotheran and Co.,
- Date Published
- 1895
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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