Original brown-red cloth binding, blind stamped on front cover and titled gilt on spine. 251pp + 4 pages publisher's catalogue at rear. Fold out colour map opposite title page, 10 wood engraved plates - some double page. This copy in good condition.
Ostrich Farming in South Africa, Being an Account of Its Origin and Rise; How to set about it, The Profits to be derived; How to manage the Birds; The Capital required; The Diseases and Difficulties to be met with, &c. &c.
The author was the inventor and Patentee of the "Eclipse" and other ostrich incubators. He was a well-known South African politician and a member of Sir Gordon Sprigg's cabinet of 1902. He was probably the first man in Africa to occupy himself with ostrich breeding as his sole business. (Mendelssohn volume 1 page 481)
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 130 mm x 185 mm
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- Country: South Africa
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