Buy this book on-line Oswell, W. Edward : William Cotton Oswell, Hunter and Explorer. The Story of His Life. With certain correspondence and extracts from the private journal of David Livingstone, hitherto unpublished(London: William Heinemann, 1900)
Volume 1 of a two-volume work. Demy 8vo; recent brown full leatherette, lettered in gilt on spine; new endpapers; tinted edges; pp. xxiv + 267; several plates and illustrations in text; six maps, including a facsimile folding sketch maps, and two folding maps at the end. Some moderate foxing; occasional light soiling; short tear to margin of facsimile map, repaired with archival tape. Good to very good condition. (Mendelssohn I, p. 129; Czech, p. 211) "A recounting of the famous African explorer's life by his son, based on Oswell's letters and journal entries. Volume One includes Oswell's early life in South Africa, and describes his encounters with vast herds of buffalo near the Limpopo River and elephant near the Zouga River. He also collected hippopotamus and rhinoceros, and describes losing horses to buffalo and rhino attacks. There is also considerable note of his friendship and adventures with the great explorer and missionary, David Livingstone, that led to the discovery of Lake Ngami and the Zambesi River." - Kenneth Czech: An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Oswell, W. Edward : William Cotton Oswell, Hunter and Explorer. The Story of His Life. With certain correspondence and extracts from the private journal of David Livingstone, hitherto unpublished. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, out of print books, livres anciens, incunabula and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |