1898 British Central Africa PLATES Maps ZOOLOGY Geography SLAVE TRADE Scarce
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British Central Africa
An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of The Territories under British Influence North of the Zambezi
By Sir Harry H. Johnston
1898
Dark Blue polished Leather Prize Binding with gilt Armorial design to the front board, five raised bands to spine, gilt panelling, red title... label to spine, gilt perimeters to boards, full marbled fore-edge. blue and gold marbled fore-edge.
With Six Folding Maps in Colour and 233 Illustrations
Contents: What the Country looks like - Physical Geography - Analysis of Nyasaland Coal - History - The Foudling of the Protectorate - The Present Method of Administration - The Slave Trade - The European Settlers - Bilious Haemoglobinuric or "Black Water" Fever - Hints on Outfit - Missionaries - Botany - The Useful Forest Trees of British Central Africa - A List of the Known Plants of British Central Africa - A Supplementary list of plants - ZOOLOGY - List of known Mammals of British Central Africa - Regulations for Preserving Big Game - List of Known Birds, Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fish, Land Shells, Mollusca, Etc, Spiders, Centipedes, Orthoptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera. The Natives of British Africa - Diseases of the Natives of British Central Africa - Languages - Vocabularies.
Author: Sir Harry H. Johnston
Publisher: Methuen and Co 36, Essex Street, Strand
Edition: 1898
Attributes: With Six Folding Maps in Colour and 233 Illustrations, large blue leather prize binding.
Condition: See Photographs as part of the Condition report: discolouration to the top of the boards, surface scratches to the faces of the boards. rubbing to the extremities. book plate to the front pastedown. pages tight to the binding. spotting to pages, foxing to the frontispiece and title.
Information: 25cm x 19cm 544pp
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