THE FAR INTERIOR
by Walter Montagu Kerr
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ, as issued
- Seller
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
First edition. Two Volumes: Frontispiece portrait of the author in volume 1 (an actual sepia photograph is mounted), engraved frontispiece in volume 2, numerous illustrations on plates as well as in-text, folding map at the end of volume 2 with the author's route indicated in red.
The images I have provided demonstrate the condition of these volumes, which have signs of use and wear and age to the original decorative publisher's cloth binding. Black-coated endsheets are cracking at top of front inner hinges. Some foxing in early and late pages. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me for more details or images.
NO OTHER COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING FOR SALE ANYWHERE ELSE AT THE TIME OF LISTING
Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, pages 812/3, 'Mr. Kerr remarks that he did not carry out "an expedition in the accepted meaning of that term," observing, "My journey was under- taken alone ; I was unaided, and had no companionship of white men, neither had I a corps of regularly enlisted carriers." He claims that, under these circumstances, the recital of his experiences "should present a very clear reflection of the natural life of some of the races in South- East Equatorial Africa," as he travelled free from the "natural suspicion or prejudice" which generally prevails among the natives when "regularly organised bodies of men, total strangers to the communities they meet with," pass through their country. He says, "I lived during a large stretch of my travels as the Kaffirs lived, mingling freely with them, and my opportunities ... for observing closely the modes and conditions of native life were unusually good." Mr. Kerr was "the first white to traverse the great extent of territory stretching between Cape Colony and the Lake Regions of Central Africa," and his account of Lobengula, his capital, harem, and the inhabitants of his country is vivid and picturesque, affording a capital description of the state of the country at this period, with interesting notes regarding the few white inhabitants then residing there. In discussing the gold regions between Matabeleland and Tete, the author maintains that he has "been careful to speak of things just as he found them without colour and without gloom," but he had not discovered anything of so certain a nature that he could "speak with hope and confidence of success in that direction." The work is an important contribution to the history of exploration in South-East Equatorial Africa, and contains an excellent account of the physical features of these regions, and of their fauna, inhabitants, &c, and the volume contains a portrait of the author, a number of illustrations, and a route map.'
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Due to value, shipping and insurance to overseas buyers will be 2-3 times higher than the Biblio-quoted shipping cost.
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- Bookseller
- Springbok Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 571
- Title
- THE FAR INTERIOR
- Author
- Walter Montagu Kerr
- Format/Binding
- Original binding, as issued
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ, as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, First printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1886
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- boer, boers, adventure, novel, epic, romance, fiction, story, tale, tales, hunter, big game, action, exciting, excitement, fun, thriller, best-seller, best seller, zulu, sotho, swaziland, kimberley, johannesburg, pretoria, south africa, xhosa, matabele, t
- Bookseller catalogs
- Southern African Exploration;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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