Author: Weinthal, Leo (Editor).
Title: THE STORY OF THE CAPE TO CAIRO RAILWAY AND RIVER ROUTE FROM 1887 TO 1922. The Record and Romance of an Imperial Project; How it Materialised to Date; and the Story of its Creators; The Main Line as it exists to-day from the Cape to the Nile Delta; Variations of the Main Trunk Route and its Feeder Lines in Existence or Projected. Africa’s Native Tribes and Wild Game; The Finance, Commerce and Industry of the Countries Served by the Route, Their Geological Features and Mineral Production, The Railways on the Route and Irrigation Works;
Description: Printed Gibbs, Bamforth & Co., N.d. c.[1923-6]. 4 vols. + Maps and Index Folio, 5 vols. in all. 4to. Tipped in cold. half title to vol. 1., cold. t.p. to vol. 1., frontis. maps, 9 folding maps including 2 cold., 2 folding profiles, 33 ills. on 21 folding plates, 48 ports. including some mounted and 1 folding, 17 one cold./multi cold. plates, numerous ills. ports., textual maps etc., 6 folding maps in map folio [Only, of 12 lacking maps 1, 4, 6, 7, 9 and 12]. Some leaves in volume 1 showing signs of adherement to fore-edge, some light marginal browning, original black morocco with green cloth boards, dec. gilt spines, worn with rubbed extremities and sl. loss to spines in part, minor marking. ¶ With Ex.-libris to volume 1 inscribed in pencil ‘Presentation from Prince of Wales to Vernon Gryse? Royal Horse Artillery.’ With a photographic portrait of the Prince of Wales affixed to blank at front of volume 1. A monumental work, covering the record and romance of an imperial project, how it materalized to-date, and the story of its creators; The main line as it exists today from the Cape to the Nile Delta; Variations of the main trunk route and its feeder lines in existence or projected. Africa's native tribes and wild game; The finance commerce and industry of the Countries served by the route, their geological features and mineral production, the railways on the route, and irrigation works; With contributions by D.C. Boulger, John Buchan, Ian Colvin, Major E.S. Grogan, Sir Harry Johnston, The Right Hon. Sir Frederick Lugard, Captain F.C. Selous, Sir Francis Younghusband, C.W. Hobley, The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, Owen Letcher, Sir Alfred Sharpe, etc.

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; AFRICA


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