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
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.