By Arthur B. R. Myers
London   Smith, Elder, & Co
8" by 5" xv, 355pp. [2]
The first edition of this very scarce autobiographical account of a sporting tour in Soudan in 1874, written by Arthur B. R. Myers.
By Arthur B. R. Myers

1876 Life with the Hamran Arabs An Account of a Sporting Tour of Some Officers of the Guards in the Soudan during the Winter of 1874-5

London   Smith, Elder, & Co
8" by 5" xv, 355pp. [2]
The first edition of this very scarce autobiographical account of a sporting tour in Soudan in 1874, written by Arthur B. R. Myers.
£650.00
: 0.5kgs / : 887Z37

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Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

The first edition. 

Very scarce. 

Illustrated with a frontispiece and four mounted Woodbury type plates. Collated complete. 

This work features an autobiography by Arthur B. R. Myers, describing his sporting tour to Soudan in 1874-5. The work talks of the animals the group encountered and hunted, with illustrations depicting these hunts. 

Library stamp from the 'Ministry of Defence Library' to the title page.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with the odd mark, slight fading to the spine, small closed tears to the head and spine, bumping to the extremities and very minor rubbing to the joints. Front hinge failed after the half title with only the odd slight mark to the endpapers. Internally binding failed after pp. 176 with the frontispiece to pp.176 disbound but present. Pages lightly age toned with the odd spot. Library stamp from the 'Ministry of Defence' to the title page'.

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