Guide Snakes Uganda (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1937 - 1938. Tall 8vo, part ix, pages 27 - 43, 1 black and white plate, part X , pages 93 - 129, 4 colour plates, part XI, pages 160 - 244, 6 coloured, 4 uncoloured plates, 2 diagrams. Original half cloth, some occasional browning but the colour plates largely clean with only a little marking to the margins. The complete Volume 5 of this scarce journal which also contains papers of ethnography , "Stamps of Uganda" and topography of Uganda. Please note that the colour plate in part IX of "Snakes of Uganda" is missing. The Uganda Journal included the first appearance of Pitman's "Snakes of Uganda" which was then reprinted as a book in 1938. The three parts included here are the final 3 of the 11 which appeared in the journal.

cloth, 26 cm, 290 pp. Ills.: color illustrations. Cond.: goed / good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. There are no other books that surpass this classic work on the Snakes of Uganda by C.R. S. Pitman who served as the Game Warden for Uganda for several years. Originally published in a less attractive form in 1938 in Uganda, the publishers shipped out almost the entire stock to London for distribution, but during the last war the entire stock was destroyed by enemy bombs. In 1974, Wheldon & Wesley , publishers and natural history book sellers now defunct)undertook and Revised the text and photographs and other illustrations including 29 color plates, monograms, maps and folding charts with the result , this compact size beautiful volume was created. Appears to be hardly used. A nice tight volume , no dj was issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Revised and enlarged edition of the original 1938 (Kampala) print with numerous color plates and diagrams featuring the rich serpent fauna of Uganda. Hailed as the best Afican book on Snakes ever produced, even this limited edition reprint became very scarce. Large format (appx.8x10")289 pages with index and packed with beautiful color plates, written by a former Game Warden (and author of two other books) after a lifetime observation of these reptiles in East Africa. A small prev.owner stamp on fep. A very attractive crisp copy for the serious collector.