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Published by Daniel O'Connor, London, 1922
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Good. Original red cloth boards rather splotchy along edges. Some bumps and abrasions to edges. Spine has two short pull-tears at head, and is sunned, though titling remains legible. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown, no other marks. Binding is sound. Contents, including fold-out map at rear, are in good shape. 441 pages.
Published by Daniel O'Connor, London , United Kingdom, 1922
Seller: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. Hardcover without dust jacket, xi + 441 pages, plus a very clean and clear foldout map, plus 33 black-and-white photographs (NOTE: of which one is missing, "West African Women showing Strange Forms of Neck-Wear and Head-Dress"); book has been rebound in plain red cloth (near fine) with new endpapers in contrast to the more age darkened original text pages, but sadly the binding is developing some looseness again (holding firmly for now, but fragile), and approximately 165 pages have ink underlinings and/or annotations.
Published by London Daniel O Connor 1922, 1922
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. With portrait frontispiece and numerous black and white photographs, and one colour folding map. 8vo, original publisher s red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. xi,441 including appendices and bibliography. A very fine, bright copy. SCARCE FINE AFRICANA. A comprehensive study of West Africa with an eye to its further social, economic, and political development and exploitation. Newland describes in detail the lay of the land including its flora and fauna; the "ethnology and psychology" of the native people, including their customs, language, and religion; its main commercial resources including mining and agriculture; and its administration and modes of transportation and commerce. There is an interesting appendix on "How to Live and What to Wear---Particulars of British Colonial Service." The text covers British, French, Portuguese, and Spanish West Africa.