Major H.G. C. Swayne: 'Through the Highlands of Siberia', Lo...

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£50 - £80

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Major H.G. C. Swayne: 'Through the Highlands of Siberia', London, Rowland Ward, 1904, 1st edition, folding map + folding plan + 61 b/w plates complete, zebra pattern end papers/pastedowns, original cloth gilt (spine rubbed/browned). Swayne was one of the first Europeans to hunt in the area - hunting Siberian Ibex Capra sibirica, mountain sheep (Siberian Argali Ovis ammon), Siberian Wapiti, and Siberian Roe Capreolus pygargus near the Siberian-Mongolian border in the Kurai Mountains just north of Kosh-Agatch on the Chuisaya Steppe (part of the greater Altai Mountain Range). Scarce

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28th Nov 2024 10am (Lots 5001 to 5379)