My Indian Journal

Colonel Walter Campbell

Verlag: Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh, 1864

Beschreibung

A smartly bound first edition of this interesting travel work on India in the 1830s, complete with plates. The first edition of this uncommon work.Half-title is present.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, and six plates.Collated, complete.Colonel Walter Campbell's travel work recounting his time spent exploring India in the 1830s.This work was edited from Campbell's original journals written during his travels, with tales of his adventures, including a child being board upon his ship to India, his first impressions on the country, and many notices on natural history and wildlife - including a chapter on tigers, and chapters dedicating to bison shooting and hog hunting.Campbell also describes his excursions to Goa, Dharwar, Bangalore, the Neilgherry Hills, Machilipatnam, and more.Illustrated by Noel Paton and 'Wolf'. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards, with new endpapers. Externally, fine. Spine is very lightly faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot. Small closed tear to the plate facing page 213. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 879P11

Bibliografische Details

Titel: My Indian Journal

Verlag: Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh

Erscheinungsdatum: 1864

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: Noel Paton; Wolf

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book