[Rarebooks] FS: Raising Ostriches in South Africa in 1881

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Ostrich Farming in South Africa”

By Arthur Douglass.
Published in London by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. in 1881.

DISCUSSION: "An account of its origin and rise, how to set about it, the
profits to be derived, how to manage the birds, the capital required, the
diseases and difficulties to be met with, etc." The author was an ostrich
farmer, owner of the Heatherton Towers farm in Grahamstown, South Africa,
and patentor of several ostrich egg incubators. He recounts many
interesting first-hand anecdotes, and encourages others to follow-

 "As a literary production, written at broken intervals in the midst of a
busy life, [this book]is necessarily far from perfect. As the first work
of its kind ever published, it is no doubt far from exhaustive, but such
as it is, we present it to our fellow colonists, intending emigrants, and
others, as an honest attempt to help others on the road we have travelled
ourselves, and to forward the bests interests of the Colony of our
adoption and affection".

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 5"x7.25", viii + 251 pages, plus a folding colored
map, 1 folding plate, and 3 double-page and 6 single-page black & white
plates. Rebound in full modern green leather with raised bands and gilt
spine lettering.

CONDITION NOTES: Covers fine, contents with some minor spots, a few
marginal stains (please see the photos).

PRICE:  $200-

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