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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Renaudeau, Michel (illustrator). 1st Edition. A record of the Gold Cast (Ghana) in colonial times and of the authors' experiences and acquaintances with the Caboceer (Ashanti war chiefs) of the region. 4*b/w plates, xi+358pp. No date stated, but 1896. Pictorial boards with minor fading, End papers have extensive foxing and single small ink mark. Hinge between fixed and free end papers at the front is partially split leaving front board a little free though entirely attached to spine,

First edition, folio (335 x 210 mm), xxxii, 649, [1]pp., ONE OF A VERY FEW LARGE PAPER COPIES, in the list of subscribers only 7 copies are designated as being large paper, coloured frontispiece, large folding map with closed tear repaired with archival paper, 26 plates, including one coloured and some folding, illustrs., in the text, marbled endpapers, cont. green half morocco, marbled boards, expertly rebacked with orig. gilt spine laid-down, a nice copy of the very rare large paper edition. Provenance: With the neat 'Tillard' armorial book stamp.