The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway and River Route, from 1887 to 1922. VOLS I-III. Plus INDEX to Vols I., II. & III. [3 VOLS ONLY + MAPS & INDEX - Lacking vol iv. ] Vol I: The Romance of a Great Project and How it has Materialised; Vol II: The Main Line as it exists to-day from the Cape to the Nile Delta; Vol III: Variations of the Main Trunk Route and its Feeder Lines in Existence or Projected. Africa's Native Tribe

Weinthal, Leo. (Compiled, Illustrated and Edited by)
Published by The Pioneer Publishing Co., Ltd, in London 1926
SKU: 49749
£900.00
Three Vols + Index Volume. (Lacking Vol IV). 4to., bound in publisher's three-quarters black morocco gilt with green buckram boards, t.e.g. Vols I-III illus with sepia tissue-protected portraits, b/w plates and maps (some foldout) plus some in colour; Map and Index Vol complete with all 12 foldout maps in card case to front pastedown, plus 49pp index, illus with b/w plates and a map. Vol I: [xxxvi] + 727pp; Vol II: [xx] + 510pp; Vol III: [xvi] + 454pp. Clean set with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Inner hinges of Vols I-III reinforced with green tape. Vol I front inner hinge beginning to split. Foxing to edges to Vols I-III. Slight rubbing to boards, board edges and corners, and a few marks. Ovefrall a VG set.

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