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195170467London: Printed by Waterlow & Sons 1951. Revised edition. Hardcover. Good. 9 volumes. Contemporary cloth. 25 cm. Some title labels on backstrips chipped. Moderate cover spotting heaviest on backstrip of Vol. 3. Minor worming inside covers of a few volumes. No Jackets. Prepared under the direction of Sir Donald Kingdon. The 9th volume is a index volume compiled by H. Ling. This was the first general compilation since the 1935 edition. Printed by Waterlow & Sons hardcover
192335504293Paris, , 1923 ; in-4, broché, couverture bleue imprimée. 157 pp., 1 f., 6 planche et 1 carte en couleursÉDITION ORIGINALE de cette étude des oiseaux d’Afrique de l’Est par A. Menegaux, assistant de la chaire de mammalogie et d’ornithologie. Les notes de voyage sont de G. Babault, correspondant du Museum de Paris. L’essentiel du livre est une description de chacune des espèces d’oiseaux rencontrés. Roncil 1988 - Zimmer 426.Un des rares exemplaires avec la carte enluminée et les 6 planches d’oiseaux finement COLORIÉES À L’AQUARELLE. Couv. un peu insolée, intérieur bien frais.
190918768Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1909. Leinen
195170467London: Printed by Waterlow & Sons 1951. Revised edition. Hardcover. Good. 9 volumes. 25cm. Some title labels on backstrips chipped. Moderate cover spotting heaviest on backstrip of Vol. 3. Minor worming inside covers of a few volumes. No Jackets. Prepared under the direction of Sir Donald Kingdon. The 9th volume is a index volume compiled by H. Ling. This was the first general compilation since the 1935 edition. <br/><br/> Printed by Waterlow & Sons hardcover books
190851097Woking Surrey & London: The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co. The Gresham Press Printed and Bound and Blocks for illustrations produced by Unwin Brothers Ltd. 1908-1909. Folio. 10.25 x 12.25 in. 443 1 pp. Text printed in three columns 100s of photo illustrations many maps text illustrations. Deluxe publisher’s full brown morocco over beveled board gilt illustration stamped on front cover of giraffes and ostriches gilt ruled borders raised bands on spine gilt ornament & lettering a.e.g. faint tidemark to spine minor rubbing slight bumping to corners front upper hinge just starting still a G copy. First edition of this lavishly illustrated and very scarce real estate and business promotional volume on Edwardian British East Africa encompassing present day Kenya Uganda and Zanzibar. The volume includes detailed descriptions of the history of the British Protectorates in East Africa the native trives including the Bantu Somali Galla Swahili Masai Nandi Suk Kavironda and others. In addition the financial institutions commercial ports schools universities and more are described. Of particular interest are the extensive sections on the many different businesses newly established from the 1880s through the early 20th century in Mombasa Nairobi and surrounding areas including rubber plantations ostrich farms sawmills tea farming forests logging sheep & cattle farming hospitals and the building and economic impact of the Uganda Railway. The section on big game hunting and the fauna of East Africa was written by A. Blayney Percival 1875-1941 who pioneered game preservation in Kenya and describes hunting elephants leopards hyenas jackals cheetahs rhinoceros lions Waller’s Gazelle and others as well as detailing the skinning and preserving of trophies advertising the local safari and taxidermy outfits and more. The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co., [The Gresham Press, Printed and Bound, and Blocks for illustrations produ hardcover
192628492East Africa 1926. Album. Very good condition. Photographs of Edward P. Thompson's hunting expedition in Kenya and Uganda. <br /> Loosely inserted is Edward P. Thompson's travel visa for the UK which he is visiting on his trip back to the USA. Thompson was born in 1873 in North Conway Ohio and worked as a Consulting Engineer. The visa has red seal with a pie shaped section cut away with original signatures photograph of Thompson and stamps on verso.<br /> <br /> 105 photographs of African animals and carcasses trigger warning landscapes and people of which 44 are of natives 5 of Thompson plus 28 postcards. Postcard photos by Martin Johnson and Paul Hofler & A.H. Wardle of Nairobi.<br /> <br /> Two personal portraits of Thompson on horseback in western gear taken at Pendleton Oregon in 1932 - both made into post cards one with a pen inscription "Dear Hazel The big Round up show is over and the gay holiday . flags and buntings have disappeared."<br /> Housed in a typical 1920's album 12 x 7" binder embossed with an illustration and the word 'fotografs'. Inside is black craft paper leaves holding 2 to 3 images per page. Album spine rubbed photographs and postcards in very good condition postcards visa with original folds some browning at top otherwise vgc. unknown
