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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. blue cloth, gilt spine, pp.,xi, 343, illustrated, frontis., 17 full page b & w plates, 4 sketch maps, index, spine faded, spine ends chipped, spine separating in places but holding firm, ex private libray with bookplate inside front cover, 5 line ink inscription concerning the author on inside front cover, text block is sound, tight, Wallace, an officer with the 14th Hussars, Lancashire Fusiliers and G.S.O.3 32nd Division, was the only British soldier at the Battle of Jutland. His observations during the action throw a startling light on the action as they differ widly from the official report.Wallace, as a civilian, conducted a survey of the unknown lands in the Liberian hinterland, between the St. Paula and Cavalla Rivers.The first 127 pp of the book tell of his arrival in Liberia and subsequent encounters with a Cannibal king, with doctors, a trek through the Devil's forest and a brush with the Lepoard Society. He also work on a survey in the Congo and the survey for the Pointe Noire-Loudima railroad. There is also a chapter on his exploits in Angola. A most interesting read. Size: 8 Vo.,
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8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, title lightly spotted, lengthy inscription on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, joints very lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Much of the work is devoted to the author's experiences in pre-WWI Africa, but the section on Jutland (which he was the sole British military officer to witness) is fascinating. UNCOMMON.
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FROM JUNGLE TO JUTLAND
Published by Nisbet & Company Ltd, London ,, 1932
Seller: E.J Morten Booksellers BA, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
Association Member: ABA ILAB PBFA
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1st Edition. Hb In original Dw xi,343pp frontisplate, plates. Colonial service in Liberia, The Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Belgian and French Congo. The only Army officer to witness The Battle of Jutland in 1916. His observations differ from official accounts. Vg/Vg and Uncommon in Dw.
