Near fine unread copy in original dark green cloth, floral endpapers with owners name in both volumes.
Thomson (Joseph) and Miss Harris Smith. Ulu – an African Romance
£600
First edition, 2 volumes,
London, Sampson Low, 1888
A Haggardesque tale written in collaboration with a female novelist presumably drawing on Thomson’s own experiences in Central and Eastern Africa.
Thomson was a Scottish geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. Ulu is his only work of fiction and very rare in commerce.
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