DUNDAS, Charles Cecil Farquharson.

Kilimanjaro and its People.

Name: Kilimanjaro and its People.
Brand: DUNDAS, Charles Cecil Farquharson.
SKU: 120037
Price: 412.00 USD
Availability: InStock

A history of the Wachagga, their laws, customs and legends, together with some account of the highest mountain in Africa.

Stock Code 120037

London, Witherby, 1924.

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A scarce account. A valuable narrative on Kilimanjaro and its people by one with personal knowledge of the area. Dundas (1884-1956), was District Commissioner of British East African Protectorate (1908-1915), then Political Officer as Major in the German East African Campaign (1915-1918) and finally Senior Commissioner of Tanganyika Territory between 1921 and 1925.

First edition; 8vo (23 x 15.5 cm); folding map, frontispiece, 30 illustrations on 15 plates; publisher's original light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, some very light rubbing to spine, else a fine copy; 349 pp.

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