Sultan to Sultan: Adventures Among the Masai and Other Tribes of East Africa

by Sheldon, May French (1848-1936)

First Edition

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Book desription: Boston: Arena Publishing Co., 1892. May Sheldon was an intrepid American woman. This trip was a pioneering safari of 1891, full of adventures and (unconscious) entertainment, from Mombasa to Kilimanjaro and around the previously unexplored Lake Chala. Was was alone (other than her 138 Zanzibari porters), and dispensed to the tribal people 1000 rings inscribed with her name along the thousand plus mile route. The book brims with facts and observations on the local tribes, which got her elected as the first woman Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1892. Pages 435. This copy is red cloth, with a new red cloth spine and red leather title label having bright gilt letters. There is an embossed library mark on the title page, but no other evidence of ex-library status. In any case, a near fine copy with slight edgewear at the corners, and clean and tight inside. Protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. See Hess-Coger 1062 which calls her Mary, and Wayward Women page 27 by Jane Robinson. Signed by the author "Faithfully yours" on a preliminary page. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Illus. by 26 Plates, Sketch Map of Route and Profuse Text Photos & Illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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