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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

Douglass (Arthur)

OSTRICH FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA

Published: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris, New York, 1881

Edition: First

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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
  • Sold By: Mantis Books
  • Contact Person: Charl Yates
  • Country: South Africa
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