E.D. Moore - Ivory: Scourge of Africa - 1931
Colonial history, History, Illustrated, Travels - Quantity: 1
| Object: | Book (More lots) |
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| Number of Books: | 1 |
| Subject: | Colonial history, History, Illustrated, Travels |
| Author/ Illustrator: | E.D. Moore |
| Book Title: | Ivory: Scourge of Africa |
| Condition: | Fair |
| Publication year oldest item: | 1931 |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Language: | English |
| Original language: | Yes |
| Publisher: | Harper |
| Binding/ Material: | Hardback |
Original dark-blue binding with cover drawing, original endpapers - xviii, 256 pp. + double-sided photo plates - 22.5 × 15 cm.
Condition: From a university library with some of the features: number at the bottom of the spine, some small numbers. Stamp on top edge. Endpapers glued to back cover.
Furthermore: The boards are worn. The hinge on the inside of the front cover is split. Bookblock somewhat loose but still solid. The corners are slightly bent.
A rare, famous book with shocking content, with a lot of history about Tippo Tip (Tippu Tip) (1837-1905), an infamous Swahili governor, plantation owner and slave and ivory trader from Zanzibar.
“The scarce and still harrowing personal account of an ivory trader who conducted business shortly after the turn of the century when Africa's people and natural resources were being plundered by Arab and European nations” (...)
Contents: Introduction, foreword, glossary, White and black gold, Ivory and discovery, Harvest and reaping, Sound of guns, Place in the sun, Eclipse, Tears, Aftermath, Evory poachers, Elephant graveyard, Jewels of the noble elephant, Later East coast ivory trade, Zanzibar today.
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