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    Trevligt samtida brunt halvfranskt band, ryggen med fem upphöjda bind, klotklädda pärmar, marmorerade snitt, främre dek. omslaget medbundet. Mycket gott skick. Graverat exlibris: Seth Kempe. Stockholm, Albert Bonniers förlag, 1930. 8:o. [iv] + 518 sid. + frontispisporträtt + karta. Rikt illustrerad med fotografier i texten. Friherren och äventyraren Eric von Otter (1889-1923) emigrerade 1913 till Kenya, övergick till islam och fick anställning på en kaffeplantage. Vid krigsutbrottet 1914 enrollerades han med andra frivilliga i en kår som upprättats i Brittiska Ostafrika (Kings Royal African Rifles), där han 1916 befordrades till kapten och 1919 blev militär och administrativ befälhavare i Turkana i nordvästra Kenya. Han grundade stationerna Lodwar och Lorogumo. - - - "Officer and Big Game Hunter in Turkana. Descriptions of British East Africa from the notes and letters of the captain of the King African Rifles, Baron Eric von Otter", in Swedish, contemporary brown half calf, very fine, engraved bookplate of Swedish industrialist Seth Kempe (1857-1946). - - - Baron and adventurer Eric von Otter (1889-1923) emigrated to Kenya in 1913, converted to Islam and found employment on a coffee plantation. At the outbreak of war in 1914, he was enrolled with other volunteers in a corps established in British East Africa (King's Royal African Rifles), where he was promoted to captain in 1916 and in 1919 became military and administrative commander in Turkana in northwestern Kenya. He founded the stations of Lodwar and Lorogumo.