Adventures in The Great Forests - Scarce, Illustrated Antique Book

Here is a lovely antique copy of Adventures in The Great Forests - Romantic Incidents & Perils of Travel, Sport and Exploration Throughout the World. Being a scarce, first edition published by Seeley, Service & Co., London in 1908. By HWG Hyrst. Richly illustrated with sixteen black and white illustrations. Condition in detail below.

***At time of writing I have matching copies of Adventures in the Great Deserts and Adventures in Southern Oceans in stock - making an extremely attractive set.***

A collection of dramatic real-life accounts compiled to highlight the extreme elements of human survival, exploration, and hunting in the world's harshest arid environments. Most of the compiled tales track historical travels and escapades occurring between 1700 and 1900. It logs the perils faced by early naturalists, hunters, and explorers navigating the world's most dense jungles and ancient woodlands. Stories revolve around navigating trackless terrain, dynamic wildlife encounters (such as tracking wild bears and big game), bushcraft survival, and encounters with indigenous tribes.

Contents: The Slave War in Surinam; Imprisoned in an Island Forest; Lost in a Columbian Forest; The Wild White Man; Sport in a Chilian Forest; Forest Warfare in South Africa; The Forest of Mount Taurus; In a New Zealand Forest; A Teak Forest in Java; The Cheetah and the Tigress; In a Chinese Mountain Forest; A Night in a Baltic Forest; Sixty Years Ago in Abyssinia; Among the Bush Rangers; Two Years in a Forest Rancho; A Forest in California; In the Country of the Amazons; Hunting in a Bengal Forest; In the Brazilian Selvas; An Adventure With a Buffalo; Among the Indians and Zambos of Nicaragua; In Evangeline's Forest; With the Wild Beasts of the Siamese Forests; With Grant in East Africa; In the Land of the Gorilla; An Artist's Adventures in Savage Africa; Among the Forest Arabs in Palestine.

Inside the pages are clean and tightly bound. Has some spotting to the closed outside edges. No inscriptions or markings of previous ownership.

Striking dark-blue cloth over boards have gilt and red decoration to the front and spine. In top order. The gilt decoration remains shiny bright, and this is an eye-catching book.

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