The Land Of The Lion.

WILLIAM STEPHEN RAINSFORD

Publication: New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909,

First edition. Green cloth, 8vo. gold stamping on the spine, 459 pp., frontis, teg, dedication, numerous illustrations, folding map, introduction, appendix. The author sees it as his duty to inform anybody following in his footsteps. "After a year's constant travel, during which I have ridden and walked more than five thousand miles, I really think I have some knowledge that is not without its value - about the country - the best place to go for certain sorts of game; the most beautiful and healthy parts of it ... the sort of sefari [sic] to gather round you, so that your men are contented and happy, and the days passed with your black folk are a pleasure to both yourself and them ... " This is a vast wealth of information about life as it was lived in East Africa. but not overlooking the life of the natives, and the future of the region. Lightly worn at fore-edges and wear to head and toe of spine else very good copy. Czech p. 136.

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