KERR, Walter Montagu

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KERR, Walter Montagu
The Far Interior: A Narrative of Travel and Adventure from the Cape of Good Hope across the Zambesi to the Lake Regions of Central Africa. Second edition. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887. 2 volumes in-8 (222 x 143 mm) with a photographic portrait of the author by Mendelssohn, [XVIII], 316 pp. 14 plates for volume I; frontispiece, [X], 318 pp. 16 plates, 1 large folding map bound at the end for volume II Ornate green percale, top board decorated with a gilt sun, and a map of part of Africa, spine decorated with gilt title (publisher's binding). See Czech, African Big Game, 88 (for the American edition). Second edition of this great classic in its beautiful decorative publisher's binding. "Kerr traveled to the South African diamond fields to seek his fortune... A classic of African adventure" (Czech). Small stains on boards, spine slightly blackened. Provenance : W.H.Smith (dry stamp on front cover) - Godfrey Trevelyan & Forêt de Crécy (ex-libris).
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