Carnochan, F.G.[Frederic Grosvenor] / Adamson, Hans Christian.

The Empire of Snakes.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1935). 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 256 pages. 26 illustrations. Discreet colour map attached near front. Hardcover [publisher’s original purple cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good- condition with some stronger signs of external wear. Spine and boards faded. Interior bright and clean with occasional spotting. Annotations on pastedowns and throughout the book. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

Account of the Wakaioka, the snake-people tribe of northwestern Tanganyika and Kalola, Emperor of the Snakes.

• Keywords: Africa · Africa – Rare · Africa, British East · Africa, East · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Anthropology · British East Africa · Native, Rituals and Customs · Natives · Nature · Snakes · Tanganyika · Travel · Travel Africa – Rare · Travel Journal · Travel Writing · Travellers · Travelling Authors · Wildlife
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120137AB

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