The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources big cats] scroll poem by Peter Orlovsky

scroll poem by Peter Orlovsky

A VG+ copy of this charmingly illustrated book for the dog lover

Bound in red half calf over marbled boards

by Charles Ricketts

A spectacular display of the high jewellery from the House of Van Clef and Arpels

The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources big cats] scroll poem by Peter OrlovskyLondon & Philadelphia: Macmillan Lippincott, 1866. First single volume edition. 8vo (9 x 6 ins); pp xxvi + 509. Portrait frontispiece plus six engraved and plates and numerous illustrations in the text. Two coloured maps at the back, one of which is folded. Folding map has a repaired tear across one corner. Original cloth boards with embossed gilt illustrations of canoeist in front of a setting (or rising) sun to front board, gilt lettering to spine,