Notes by a Nomad. An Olla-Podrida
London, Melville & Mullen, 1906.
Octavo, viii, 185 pages plus 48 pages of plates (all but one full-page).
Gilt-pictorial cloth tanned on the spine; signs of age and use; endpapers and edges a little foxed; half-title and the last page of text moderately tanned; a very good copy.
Not least, reflections on the Horn Scientific Expedition (which the author organised, equipped, and accompanied for the early stages). Provenance: Edward Charles Stirling, with his pictorial bookplate ('Gang forward') on the front pastedown. Sir Edward Charles Stirling (1848-1919), eminent SA surgeon, scientist and politician, was medical officer and anthropologist with the Horn Expedition.
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Price (AUD):
$450.00