Panther Head: The Full Story of the Bird Islands off the Southern Coasts of Africa, the Men of the Islands and the Birds in Their Millions
256pp, plus black and white plate illustrations. In black cloth boards with gilt titles on spine (cloth lightly rubbed and rounded at corners and spine tips). Some spotting on text block edges, occasional affecting page margins hint of toning on endpapers. 8vo. Panther Head is a cape on the African coast named after an old German gunboat. This book is a true and roistering narrative of this coast, and the bird islands offshore, where British seamen were among the pioneers. Here are sea mysteries and island treasures, and millions of sea-birds. 8vo.
