The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon

by Baker, Sir Samuel

First Edition

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Book Description

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1854. A fine design binding of a cornerstone of Asian big game hunting. Samuel Baker was a young planter when he wrote this; he went on to find a wife in a Balkans slave market, and to become a famous Nile River explorer, seeking the headwaters deep in Africa, with her accompanying him. Pages xii, 409 plus 26 pages of publisher ads at the end. Inside, very clean and tight with no foxing or stains, and half title is present. Bound in mustard , full morocco, teardrops of lime inset in the corners of the front boards and lapis lazuli gemstones at the ends of the teardrops. The tail and rear foot of an elephant fleeing is visible on the front cover, with more of the terracotta morocco beast showing on the spine, and most of the elephant, who has a big floppy ear, on the back board. Handsewn silk endbands in yellow/terracotta/dark blue and handmarbled endpapers in blue, terracotta and yellow. Protected in a fine, clamshell box in terracotta cloth with a pocket in the bottom of the box to accomodate and protect the floppy ear that is on the back board. Another leather elephant is on the front of the box, and his floppy ear is visible on the spine, wtith the book title on the leather. A handmade India paper on the outer edges of the box has more elephants marching on. Superbly executed binding and box, photos available on request. . First Edition. Full-Leather. Illus. by Chromolithograph Frontispiece and 5 Other Full Page Plates. 8 Vo.

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