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Sir Samuel W. Baker - The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon

Title: The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
Description: London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1874. Cloth. A smart new edition of this illustrated travel guide to hunting in British Crown Colony, Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. New edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. An exciting travel guide to hunting in the British Crown Colony, Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. With reference to the wild elephant, pariah dogs, elk-hunting, deer-coursing, bear-sighting, and much more. Written by Sir Samuel White Baker, an English explorer, naturalist, big game hunter, writer, and abolitionist who held the titles Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with light scattered spotting. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: Rifle Hound Ceylon Baker Hound Not Stated

Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 869T26

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