The Unknown Horn of Africa. An Exploration from Berbera to the Leopard River

Description:

First edition. An account of the author's travels in unexplored Somaliland (East Africa). James was killed by an elephant in West Africa in 1890. Nine un-numbered plates illustrate landscapes and native people, 10 lithographs printed by Hahnhart are of fauna (plate I-IX + one un-numbered: including 5 of birds by J.G. Keulemans, 3 of mammals by J. Smit, 1 (tinted) of the naked mole rat and 1 of butterflies by J. Macfarlane) and four by M. Smith, printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son of flora (plate 1-4). Also issued with 10 of the lithographs hand-coloured, but this is an uncoloured copy. Includes several Appendices on the specimens of flora and fauna collected, by various authors (Lepidoptera by A.G. Butler; Mammals by F.L. Sclater; Rodents by Oldfield Thomas; Birds by G.E. Shelley; A new species of Barbet by G. Hartlaub; Flora of Somali-land by Prof. Oliver).

Czech p. 139; Wood p. 404.

Condition

8vo, orig. red cloth, blocked in gilt and black to front board and spine, minor loss to head/foot of backstrip which has been neatly repaired. Good. From the library of David J. Greathead (1931-2006), with his name to flyleaf.