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The Okavango River; A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure
by Andersson, Charles John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
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About This Item
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. [7], viii-xxi, [4], 2-364, [2] pp. Half contemporary calf over marbled boards with the spine in six compartments, gold decorations and a red morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Bound without the publisher's advertisements. Illustrated with a frontispiece wood engraving of an elephant, a portrait of Andersson on the vignette title page and with fifteen wood-engraved plates, mostly animals that Andersson encountered along his travels. Penguins, seals, lions, leopards, are all depicted. Other plates show native African people that Andersson wrote about, after returning from modern-day Namibia. Howgego A19. Mendelssohn 42. Charles John Andersson was a Swedish author and traveler. He spent a decade traveling around modern-day Namibia, what was then known as Namaqualand and Damaraland. Andersson was an avid big game hunter, and records many of his anecdotes tracking large African animals here. The author is praised for his contribution to the understanding of the geography of South-West Africa's coastline, and his unique account of the island of Ichaboe. He died of malaria and dysentery in modern-day Angola. A bit of rubbing to the extremities and a small start to the front joint.
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- Evening Star Books
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- Title
- The Okavango River; A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure
- Author
- Andersson, Charles John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Hurst and Blackett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1861
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ABAA-BIB-WEEK
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