Buy this book on-line Douglass, Arthur (chairman of Select Committee), and others : Cape of Good Hope. Report of the Select Committee on Domesticated & Wild Ostriches(Cape Town: W. A. Richards & Sons, 1889)
A. 15. - '89. DOMESTICATED & WILD OSTRICHES. 240 x 150 mm; original printed blue paper wrappers; pp. vi + 29. Wrappers sunned, a bit foxed, and somewhat fragile; browned throughout; some sporadic foxing. Good. Arthur Douglass, the chairman of the Select Committee appointed by the House of Assembly to enquire into and report on the working of certain acts pertaining to ostriches, was "a well-known South African politician and a member of Sir Gordon Sprigg's Cabinet of 1902" and "was probably the first man in Africa to occupy himself with ostrich breeding as his sole business. He invented an incubator, which he patented, and by means of his energy brought the industry into prominence." (Mendelssohn I, p. 481) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Douglass, Arthur (chairman of Select Committee), and others : Cape of Good Hope. Report of the Select Committee on Domesticated & Wild Ostriches. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, out-of-print books, fine bindings, out of print books and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |