Lot 20
East Africa
Collection of military handbooks & accounts of the Great War & the King's African Rifles
Auction: Africa and the Source of the Nile - Selections from the Library of a Scottish Gentleman | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 1 to 30
Description
Admiralty. For Official Use Only. A Handbook of the Uganda Protectorate. Naval Staff Intelligence Division. [London: HMSO], 1920. 8vo, original cloth, folding map to rear (small tear to stub), inscribed compliments slip of the library of the Royal Military Academy (Sandhurst) to front pastedown, ink-stamp of the RMA library (Woolwich) to verso of map;
Foreign Office. German East Africa. [Series-title at head:] Confidential - Handbooks prepared under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office. [London: HMSO], 1919. 8vo, original wrappers, large folding lithographic map loose in end-pocket as issued,
Admiralty. A Handbook of German East Africa. Compiled by the Geographical Section of the Naval Intelligence Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty. London: HMSO, 1920. 8vo, original cloth, folding map to rear (small repair to stub), ink-stamps of Wimbledon Public Library, withdrawal stamp over library plate to front pastedown;
Wallis, H. R. The Handbook of Uganda. London: for the Government of the Uganda Protectorate by the Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1920. Second edition, 8vo, original cloth, halftone photographic frontispiece and plates (all present as listed), folding lithographic map;
Campbell, W. W. East Africa by Motor Lorry. Recollections of an Ex-Motor Transport Driver. London: John Murray, 1928. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket (chipped, tape-repairs, publisher's overprice sticker spine), all plates as called for;
Clifford, Sir Hugh. The Gold Coast Regiment in the East African Campaign. London: John Murray, 1920. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket (chipped, one small tape-repair), 8 halftone photographic plates including frontispiece, sketch map, folding colour map to rear;
Fendall, C. P. The East African Force 1915-1919. London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1921. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket (chipped, tape-repairs), all plates as called for, folding map;
and 19 similar including a few works on other regions and periods (25)
Provenance
Africa and the Source of the Nile - Selections from the Library of a Scottish Gentleman