TITLE.................... ....: SOLDIERING AND SPORT IN UGANDA
SUBTITLE..................:
AUTHOR................. ..: E.G. DION LARDNER
PUBLISHER...............:THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO. LTD., LONDON
DATE & EDITION.......:1912, 1st
COVER SIZE (mm)....: 140 x 225
CONDITION...............:
DUST JACKET...........: no
COVERS.....................: publishers black cloth covered boards with impressed title but no gilding, edges are sunned, light age soiling with slight wear to edges, corners bumped
SPINE.........................: with gilt title, slight wear to extremities, sunned, tiny dent midway up near back cover join
END & FLY PAPERS.: good
PAGES.......................: 289pp including appendix & glossary of native words used, generally bright & clean, spotting to extremities, first few and last few pages
BINDING....................: tight
PLATES & MAPS.......: 58 photo plates, foldout map
INSCRIPTIONS..........: no
SYNOPSIS, BLURB...:
Interesting overview of Uganda with accounts of military matters but the main focus is upon the sport of hunting animals. Much more besides – including a photo of a native mother administering an enema to her child.
Very rare and highly priced title.
