Author: JAMESON, James S.
Title: Story of the Rear Column of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. By the late James S. Jameson, naturalist to the expedition. Edited by Mrs. J. S. Jameson.
Description: London: R H Porter, 1890. 8vo. xxxii, 455pp, 'Woodburytype' photo portrait frontis, plates within the pagination, text illustrations, two linen-backed folding colour charts at rear. Rebound in old brown cloth, printed paper spine label, new eps. Soiling throughout, a few browned tape repairs to marginal tears, title-page and frontis laid down on linen. Ex-library with usual internal evidence i.e. round ink-stamp to title-page verso, oval ink-stamp to rfep and blind-stamps to plates and prelims. * An ultimately tragic tale, the dreariness and hardship occasionally relieved by such culinary delights as the mid-day meal detailed on page 61 - 'Soup. Weevil-eaten beans, flavoured with goat. Entrées. Stewed goat and rice. Roast. Roast leg of goat and rice ...'

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