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    By Guy Burrows; Edgar Canisius
    London   R. A. Everett & Co., LTD
    10" by 6.5" [6], vii-xxviii, [10], 276, viii, [10], 18pp
    A lovely copy of Guy Burrows' treatise on the issues faced by Central Africa, including the terror of Leopold II, to whom the work is dedicated.
    By Guy Burrows; Edgar Canisius

    1903 The Curse of Central Africa

    London   R. A. Everett & Co., LTD
    10" by 6.5" [6], vii-xxviii, [10], 276, viii, [10], 18pp
    A lovely copy of Guy Burrows' treatise on the issues faced by Central Africa, including the terror of Leopold II, to whom the work is dedicated.
    £600.00
    : 2kgs / : 761P40
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    Description

    First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    The first edition, fourth impression, of this work.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece, one colour folding map, six plates, and many full-paged and in-text illustrations.

    Collated, complete.

    A study into the issues of Central Africa at the turn of the century.

    Interestingly this work is dedicated to Leopold II of Belgium, though the work also condemns him and his behaviour as the absolute rule of the Congo Free State, a position he held from 1885 to 1908. The King's administration pleaded ignorance to the atrocities the Belgium's committed in the Congo.

    Written by Captain Guy Burrows.

    'A Campaign Amongst Cannibals' by Edgar Canisius is incorporated.

    From the library of I. and F. W. Hosken, who owned an extensive library of works on Africa.

    Eighteen pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor rubbing to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots.

    Very Good

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