Inscribed and signed to previous owner, dated 1953. xv, Frontispiece portrait of author. 272p. Maps as endpapers, ills with b/w photographs. Dust jacket has sellotape reinforcing upper and lower edges of d/j with some paper loss to spine. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering. Varian was Chief Resident Engineer on the Benguela railway, Angola. This book covers the development of railways in Southern Africa; the Beira and Mashonaland railways, Rhodesia, Gwelo-Blinkwater railway, Benguela, Belgian Congo and East Africa, as well as a chapter on game.
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