The Sherbro and Its Hinterland.

£300 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Author’s presentation copy. The inscription on the half-title reads: “Presented to the Charterhouse Library by the Author. Godalming 27th October 1902.” Alldridge was District Commissioner for Sherbro on the West Coast of Africa. It’s favourable location, being the main port for the departure of goods, made it one of the more lucrative areas in British Sierra Leone. The author discusses the commercial activities of the colony as well as describing the local tribes and the Mendi rising of 1898.

• Year: 1901

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