The Land of the Pigmies
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [c.1898]. 8vo. xxx, [3]-299 pp., including half-title. First American Edition. Complete with frontispiece portrait and numerous full-page and text illustrations. Publisher’s cloth, front cover decorated, gilt lettering on spine, boards worn and faded; new endpapers, interior good. Item #15166
First American edition. The author documents his observations of the people and region. This work describes the culture, land, customs, animals and a number of the region’s little known native tribes such as the Maigoes, Azande, Mabode, Mongvus, Ababwas and Mangettou. With illustrations from photographs and sketches by the author. Burrows (1861-1912), a British army officer, served as a District Commander in the Congo Free State.
Price: $100.00