Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life, Travel and Exploration - W.B. Lord & Thomas Baines - 1193g

Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life, Travel and Exploration was first published in 1868 in serial form, and lavishly illustrated with woodcuts and text contributions by Thomas Baines and engraved by Butterworth & Heath. The manual provides guides to travelling featuring useful hints & detailed instructions on 'wagons and boats, horses and oxen, tents and firearms, hunting and fishing, observing and collecting, carpentry and metal-working, camping requisites, bush cuisine, medical improvisation, the best ways to cross rivers, to move heavy objects and to build huts.Price: 500.00Edition: ReprintPublished: 1975Publishers: Africana Reprint SocietyISBN: 0949973122Condition: Green hardcover while gold embossed lettering in near-pristine condition, while the dust jacket only shows very minor scuff marks to the edges. Internally also near-pristine condition.