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Birds and Beasts in Africa. by Baden-Powell, Lord - 1938: Illustrations by the author.

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Birds and Beasts in Africa. by Baden-Powell, Lord - 1938

Birds and Beasts in Africa.: Illustrations by the author.

by Baden-Powell, Lord

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London: Macmillan & Co, 1938. First Edition / Rare in collectable condition with vintage dustjacket.. Small cutout to the endpaper. The Volume itself otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dustjacket frayed but professionally protected in collector's Mylar / Brodart. Interesting account of life in Kenya during the 1930s.. First Edition / Rare in collectable condition with vintage dustjacket. London, Macmillan & Co, 1938. 16 x 21 cm. XIV, 168 pages with 8 colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Small cutout to the endpaper. The Volume itself otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dustjacket frayed but professionally protected in collector's Mylar / Brodart. Interesting account of life in Kenya during the 1930s. Wonderful publication with many colourful illustrations and black-and-white artwork within the text. The beautioful colour images show for example the garden of Baden-Powell in Nyeri with a clear view to Mount Kenya, The Lion Mountain in Nyeri, The Trout Steam at the bottom of his garden, etc. Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, DL (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, author of Scouting for Boys which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement, founder and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association and founder of the Girl Guides. After having been educated at Charterhouse School in Surrey, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, Baden-Powell successfully defended the town in the Siege of Mafeking. Several of his military books, written for military reconnaissance and scout training in his African years, were also read by boys. In 1907, he held a demonstration camp, the Brownsea Island Scout camp, which is now seen as the beginning of Scouting. Based on his earlier books, he wrote Scouting for Boys, published in 1908 by Sir Arthur Pearson, for boy readership. In 1910 Baden-Powell retired from the army and formed The Boy Scouts Association. The first Scout Rally was held at The Crystal Palace in 1909, at which appeared a number of girls dressed in Scout uniform, who told Baden-Powell that they were the "Girl Scouts", following which, in 1910, Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell formed the Girl Guides from which the Girl Guides Movement grew. In 1912 he married Olave St Clair Soames. He gave guidance to the Scouting and Girl Guiding Movements until retiring in 1937. Baden-Powell lived his last years in Nyeri, Kenya, where he died and was buried in 1941. (Wikipedia)
  • Bookseller Woodpecker Books IE (IE)
  • Book Condition Used - Small cutout to the endpaper. The Volume itself otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dus
  • Edition First Edition / Rare in collectable condition with vintage dustj
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Macmillan & Co
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1938
  • Pages XIV, 168 pages with 8 colour illustrations.
  • Keywords Africa; Birds; Boy Scouts; Boyscouts; Fauna; Girl Scouts; Girlscouts; History Scout Movement; Kenia; Kenya; Scout Movement

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Birds And Beasts In Africa.

Birds And Beasts In Africa.

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Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1938. Hardcover. Good. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 169 pages. No dust jacket. Beige paper covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Boards have patchy sunning and sticker remnants.
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MacMillan, London, 1938. Hardcover. Fair. Binding has come loose and taped back in. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Stains on Cover. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 38007. .
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(London: Macmillan: 1938) First Edition. Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. xiv, 170 (210 x 160 mm). Illustrated by the Author including coloured plates. First Edition. Cloth dampstained; internally very good.
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Macmillan. 1938. Macmillan. London. 1938. First edition. Hardback no DW. 8 coloured plate plus b/w illustrations in text. Original cream cloth, printed in red and black. Spine and edges of boards sunned with slight spotting. head and tail of spine crumpled. Pages browned otherwise a clean and sound copy.
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