Black And Beautiful..
Bound in original brown cloth, gilt. A little wear to extremities, including head of spine, which is sunned with board edges, otherwise a very good copy. Pictorial book plate on half-title.
£15.00
Publisher
Robert Hale Limited, 102 Great Russell Street W.C.1.,
Place
London
Date
1938
Synopsis
A life in safari land.
Item Description
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 320 pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 30 black and white pages of photographic plates, including frontispiece, and by 2 map plates.
Notes
An autobiography covering the years, 1901-09, 1917-20 and 1932-35 in German East Africa, later Tanganyika Territory. The author has changed some details to protect the people he has befriended, as 'despite sincere official intentions and assurances, the natives everywhere... are at the mercy of petty white administrators, and of native chiefs who are only too ready to harass and oppress their countrymen in order to curry the white man's favour and rewards' (Preface).
[Stock No. 25137]
Subjects
20th Century • Africa • Illustrated • Travel