FANTI AND ASHANTI Three Papers Read on Board the S.S. Ambriz on the Voyage to the Gold Coast
(Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1873).
RARELY SEEN FIRST EDITION. The three papers consider: I. The Relations Between Great Britain, the Protected Tribes, and Ashanti, with the Causes of the Ashanti War. II. The Relations and Causes Continued. III. The Topography of Ashanti and the Protectorate of the Gold Coast. A folding map of the Gold Coast and Coomassie is tipped in at the end of the book. Item #34559
True First Edition, Very Scarce. 8vo, publisher's original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. 2 ads., [x], 130, folding map at rear. A fine copy, very well preserved with minimal mellowing to the red of the spine panel, the binding tight and the text-block clean.