Author: James, F.L.
Title: The Unknown Horn of Africa. An Exploration from Berbera to the Leopard River
Description: George Philip & Son 1888 xiv, 344, 23 plain plates (some tinted), text illus, folding map in rear pocket. . HB. 8vo, orig. red cloth, blocked in gilt and black to front board and spine, minor loss to head/foot of backstrip which has been neatly repaired. Good. From the library of David J. Greathead (1931-2006), with his name to flyleaf.. First edition. An account of the author's travels in unexplored Somaliland (East Africa). James was killed by an elephant in West Africa in 1890. Nine un-numbered plates illustrate landscapes and native people, 10 lithographs printed by Hahnhart are of fauna (plate I-IX + one un-numbered: including 5 of birds by J.G. Keulemans, 3 of mammals by J. Smit, 1 (tinted) of the naked mole rat and 1 of butterflies by J. Macfarlane) and four by M. Smith, printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son of flora (plate 1-4). Also issued with 10 of the lithographs hand-coloured, but this is an uncoloured copy. Includes several Appendices on the specimens of flora and fauna collected, by various authors (Lepidoptera by A.G. Butler; Mammals by F.L. Sclater; Rodents by Oldfield Thomas; Birds by G.E. Shelley; A new species of Barbet by G. Hartlaub; Flora of Somali-land by Prof. Oliver).Czech p. 139; Wood p. 404..

Keywords: Natural History; Somalia; East Africa; Africa; Travel Narrative


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