After Livingstone – Fred Moir (Introduction, and signed by, A.F. France)

Description

“Mr. Moir tells how he and his brother came to go out to Africa and how the Company, the forerunner of the African Lakes Corporation, was formed, and goes on to describe their difficulties in navigating the Zambezi, and their experiences in buying ivory from the Arabs. Then the account of the remarkable feat, the transportation of a steamer over the mountains, the stories of encounters with animals, with narratives of rebellion, war, murder and narrow escapes.”

– Foreword by Ian Hay –

Price: R450.00

Edition: Reprint

Pulished: 1986

Publishers: The Rotary Club of Blantyre (with permission from Hodder & Stoughton)

Condition: Cloth hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket in good condition with only minor shelf wear around the edges. Previous owner’s Ex Libris plate on the inside cover. Very light foxing, otherwise internally in very good condition – very clean and tightly bound.