Lot 320
Africa.- Natural History.- Pitman (Capt. Charles R.S.) A Guide to the Snakes of Uganda, one of 500 copies, orig. cloth, Kampala, 1938.
Hammer Price: £480
Description
Pitman (Capt. Charles R.S.) A Guide to the Snakes of Uganda, first edition, number 2 of 500 copies with limitation label to front free endpaper, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front pastedown, plates, 23 colour, tissue guards, 2 folding maps, original dark blue cloth in imitation of half morocco, a little rubbed, edge of cloth on upper cover a little creased (repaired), short split to upper joint, 4to, Kampala, Uganda Society, 1938.
⁂ Approximately half of the 500 copies were destroyed during the war.
Description
Pitman (Capt. Charles R.S.) A Guide to the Snakes of Uganda, first edition, number 2 of 500 copies with limitation label to front free endpaper, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front pastedown, plates, 23 colour, tissue guards, 2 folding maps, original dark blue cloth in imitation of half morocco, a little rubbed, edge of cloth on upper cover a little creased (repaired), short split to upper joint, 4to, Kampala, Uganda Society, 1938.
⁂ Approximately half of the 500 copies were destroyed during the war.
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