J. Bland-Sutton - Man and Beast in Eastern Ethiopia - 1911
An Autograph Presentation Copy of the First Edition
Bland-Sutton, J MAN AND BEAST IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA: From Observations Made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan London MacMillan and Co. 1911
First edition, WITH AUTOGRAPH PRESENTATION FROM THE AUTHOR. With 204 engravings on wood. 8vo, original red cloth with gilt vignette on the upper cover, the spine lettered and ruled in gilt, t.e.g. xii, 419, including index. A very fresh and bright copy with no foxing and only very light aging to the cloth.
SCARCE INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Rare in the original cloth . AUTOGRAPHED COPIES APPEAR VERY RARELY ON THE MARKET.
The account of Bland-Sutton's voyage with Dr. Comyns Berkeley from Mombasa to the Victorian Nyanza and the great Rift Valley, with descriptions of the birds, mammals, reptiles and humans encountered along the way. Wonderful reading for anyone interested in the native cultures or natural history of Africa.
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