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Butler (Henry). South African Sketches, 1st edition, 1841

Sold for £320 at Dominic Winter Auctions on Jan 28, 2026.

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Butler (Henry). South African Sketches, 1st edition, 1841 Butler (Henry). South African Sketches: Illustrative of the Wild Life of a Hunter of the Frontier of the Cape Colony, 1st edition, London: Ackermann and Co., 1841, additional lithograph title, 30 lithographs on 15 sheets, including 16 hand-coloured bound at rear, occasional light offsetting, a few plates with marginal adhesive tape residue to versos, endpapers toned, contemporary half calf, edges a little rubbed, folio, together with Lyell (Denis D.) Wild Life in Central Africa, 1st edition, London: The Field & Queen (Horace Cox) Ltd, [1913], half-title, photographic illustrations, light spotting to half-title and endpapers, top edge gilt, later half morocco gilt, 8vo QTY: (2) NOTE: First work Abbey Travel 336; Czech African p. 48.

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