FROM JUNGLE TO JUTLAND

blue cloth, gilt spine, pp.,xi, 343, illustrated, frontis., 17 full page b & w plates, 4 sketch maps, index, spine faded, spine ends chipped, spine separating in places but holding firm, ex private libray with bookplate inside front cover, 5 line ink inscription concerning the author on inside front cover, text block is sound, tight, Wallace, an officer with the 14th Hussars, Lancashire Fusiliers and G.S.O.3 32nd Division, was the only British soldier at the Battle of Jutland. His observations during the action throw a startling light on the action as they differ widly from the official report.Wallace, as a civilian, conducted a survey of the unknown lands in the Liberian hinterland, between the St. Paula and Cavalla Rivers.The first 127 pp of the book tell of his arrival in Liberia and subsequent encounters with a Cannibal king, with doctors, a trek through the Devil's forest and a brush with the Lepoard Society. He also work on a survey in the Congo and the survey for the Pointe Noire-Loudima railroad. There is also a chapter on his exploits in Angola. A most interesting read. Size: 8 Vo.,

Product Info

Publisher: Nisbet and Co Ltd

Year: 1932

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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HarryEBagleyBooks

Address: P.O. Box 691 Fredericton, New Brunswick

Website: https://www.bagbooks.com

Country: Canada