1890 – Wild Beasts | African Animals – Illustrated Lions, Tigers, Rhinos, Giraffes

Samuel White Baker was a 19th-century English big game hunter who was notable for publishing narratives of his African expeditions. He traveled in India, Egypt, Japan and even the Rocky Mountains of North America, locations which provided the basis for his 1890 book ‘Wild Beasts and their Ways’. In this book, Baker describes in detail aspects of big game animals such as tigers, lions, leopards, bears, rhinos, and deer-like animals such as the wapiti. It includes 28 full-page engravings of these animals that Baker was expert at hunting.

According to Czech, “Baker describes his adventures as ‘Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America’.”

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wild beasts and their ways : reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America
• Author(s): Samuel White Baker
• Illustrator(s): Harry Dixon
• Publisher: London ; New York : Macmillan and Co.
• Edition: First edition, 1890
• Binding: Red cloth hardcover
• Format: (8vo), two volumes
• Size:  9 in x 6 in (23 cm x 15 cm)
• Collation:
  • Vol. I: 419 pp;
  • Vol. II: 379 pp, [59]
• Illustrations: full-page engravings
• Contents Include:
  • Views and descriptions of:
    • Buffalo, rhinos, giraffes, antelope, red deer, wapiti, elephants, panthers, lions, tigers

Condition:

Good. Original red cloth with noticeable staining and fading to the covers; gilt accents and spine titling retained. Bindings tight and secure. Text blocks complete as paginated.

Why Collect This?

• Two-volume Victorian sporting narrative

Item Number: #50131