Originally published in 1916, Robert Shelford's descriptions of the wildlife of Sarawak remain as accurate and informative as ever for the naturalist of today. But the author's interests as a naturalist were not confined to the animal world. Shelford was an intrepid traveller, and his book vividly describes his expeditions and what he encountered, as seen through the eyes of an Edwardian Englishman in the heyday of the Empire. His accounts of life in the Sarawakian countryside convey the flavor of the time and present a ...
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Originally published in 1916, Robert Shelford's descriptions of the wildlife of Sarawak remain as accurate and informative as ever for the naturalist of today. But the author's interests as a naturalist were not confined to the animal world. Shelford was an intrepid traveller, and his book vividly describes his expeditions and what he encountered, as seen through the eyes of an Edwardian Englishman in the heyday of the Empire. His accounts of life in the Sarawakian countryside convey the flavor of the time and present a picture which in ways is still recognizable to a modern visitor to Borneo.
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NY 1917 E. P. Dutton. No later edition stated, presumed first U.S. Hardcover. Octavo, xxvii, 331pp., frontis, photo illustrations, index, cloth. Owner inscribed (Anne Corliss)on front free blank. Number at heel of spine. Fair, cover soiled, stained, spine ends lightly worn, becoming disbound with hinges cracked and signatures loose. Needs restoration to produce a nice copy of a scarce and valuable book.
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Near Very Good. 8vo. xxvii, 331pp, index, bw ills. Pictorial card. Small tear at top of spine, light occasional foxing. Account of expeditions of a naturalist in Borneo/Sarawak originally published in 1913.
