OWEN, Thomas. Report on British East Africa and Uganda Protectorates [cover title]. [London, no printer], for the Uplands of East Africa Syndicate Limited, [1906].
Foolscap folio. Original green cloth, lettered in black; pp. iv, 56 pp. black and white photographic plates over 15 pages, some full page and others two or three to a page, fold-out colour map to the rear; as new.
'Confidential' first edition, very rare and unrecorded. The syndicate was set up forn the export of hides, ivory, beeswax, mangrove poles and bark, rubber, chillies, grain, cotton, copra, and potatoes. Of course the prospect of mineral wealth to be exploited played another major role in this enterprise, which collaborated with German settlers and businesses in East Africa as well.
Not in COPAC, OCLC, or any other library.
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