Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo.
London: Gurney and Jackson, 1893. Tall 4to (372 x 255 mm). 32 lithographed or tinted lithographed plates (including 11 hand-colored). Publisher’s green cloth, front cover and spine pictorially stamped and lettered in black and gilt, t.e.g. Condition : rear hinge cracked, some wear and soiling to the binding. first edition . Scarce work on the author’s five-year sojourn through North Borneo and his three attempts (the last successful) to ascend Mount Kina Balu. The work is predominantly on the natural history of the area and includes lovely hand-colored ornithological prints.
Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo.
London: Gurney and Jackson, 1893. Tall 4to (372 x 255 mm). 32 lithographed or tinted lithographed plates (including 11 hand-colored). Publisher’s green cloth, front cover and spine pictorially stamped and lettered in black and gilt, t.e.g. Condition : rear hinge cracked, some wear and soiling to the binding. first edition . Scarce work on the author’s five-year sojourn through North Borneo and his three attempts (the last successful) to ascend Mount Kina Balu. The work is predominantly on the natural history of the area and includes lovely hand-colored ornithological prints.
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