Borneo

1899 · Best.-Nr. 976Z27 — London: William Brown & Co. Limited 1899. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 11". Dr. Johnstone; Mr. A. J. West. The first edition of this scarce record of the British North Borneo Company and their developments in the railway and trade industries with many photographs taken by members of the company. The first edition.A scarce work. Illustrated throughout with a colour map frontispiece monochrome photographic vignettes taken by Dr. Johnstone and Mr. A. J. West and a colour map to the rear.An account of the progress and developments of the 'North Borneo Chartered Company' published seventeen years after the Royal Charter was granted to the company. The work provides a brief history of the colony covering the climate population and geography and an account of the company's developments such as their settlements and progress in the trade and railway industry including the memorandum on the proposed railway extension. In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally marks to the covers with damp stains to the front and fading and a small tear to the spine with light edge wear to the extremities. Front hinge weak and rear starting. Internally the odd page tender with bright and generally clean pages with only the very odd minor spot. Light tidemarks to the head corners to the front free endpaper to the first few pages. Good William Brown & Co. Limited hardcover