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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

Douglass (Arthur)

OSTRICH FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA (1888)

Published: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, 1881

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $100

Approximately:

Estimate: $140

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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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: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good


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