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THROUGH JUBALAND TO THE LORIAN SWAMP, I Dracopoli, Seeley Service, London, 1st edition, 1914, 313 page Good hardback with original orange boards, gilt decoration to front board and gilt titles, v slight bowing to boards, B&W plates, two maps, one folding in colour in rear of British East Arica - An adventurous journey of exploration & sport in the unknown African forests & deserts of Jubaland to the unknown Lorian swamp - Uncommon. THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1914. Near fine.. First edition of this account of the Anglo-French cartographer's explorations in Jubaland, now a member state of Somalia, illustrated with the author's own photographs and maps. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original orange cloth stamped in pictorial gilt. Top edge gilt. 44 black and white illustrations, 2 maps. 317, [1] pages, followed by publisher's catalogue. "Presentation Copy" emboss to title page. Light edgewear and bumping to boards, minor chip and creasing to rear endpaper. Faint foxing to endpapers.

London: Seeley, Service & Co, 1914. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 317, [1], [2] ads; folding map printed in color, 1 other full-page map in the text, 32 plates; a near fine copy in original pictorial green cloth stamped in green. Czech, Africa, p. 51: "Dracopoli explored the region from Kismayu on the coast, then westward to the Lorian Swamp in British East Africa. In the Joreh district, he bagged oryx, gerenuk, hartebeest, zebra, and topi. Upon reaching the Lorian district, the author collected waterbuck and gazelle. His descriptions of the terrain and climate are especially interesting."