WHITEHEAD, John. Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo , London: Gurney and Jackson, 1893. 2° (353 x 255mm). 32 lithographed plates, 11 hand-coloured, 21 illustrations in the text. (Small mark in fore-margin of title, occasional very light foxing.) Original pictorial cloth gilt (head and foot of spine lightly rubbed). "A narrative of the author's travels in Borneo, Java, Palawan and Balabac Islands, especially of his three efforts (the last one successful) to ascend Mt. Kina Balu. The greater part of the work comprises detailed observations on the natural history, especially ornithology, of the regions visited" (Zimmer p.673); Anker 528; Wood p.626.
WHITEHEAD, John. Exploration of Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo , London: Gurney and Jackson, 1893. 2° (353 x 255mm). 32 lithographed plates, 11 hand-coloured, 21 illustrations in the text. (Small mark in fore-margin of title, occasional very light foxing.) Original pictorial cloth gilt (head and foot of spine lightly rubbed). "A narrative of the author's travels in Borneo, Java, Palawan and Balabac Islands, especially of his three efforts (the last one successful) to ascend Mt. Kina Balu. The greater part of the work comprises detailed observations on the natural history, especially ornithology, of the regions visited" (Zimmer p.673); Anker 528; Wood p.626.
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