Treatt, C. Court.

Out of the Beaten Track – A Narrative of Travel in Little Known Africa. With 46 Illustrations.

London, Hutchinson & Co, no year (c.1931). 16 cm x 22.5 cm. 288 pages. 37 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Scoff marks to front board. Rubbing to head and heel of spine. Some foxing to interior but otherwise clean and bright. Binding and book-block firm and strong. Preowner’s name on both pastedowns.

Includes, for example, the following: Hunting the Elephant With The Spear / A Memorable Journey Down The Bahr-El-Arab / The Dinkas / The African Elephant / Witchcraft and Superstition / The Fascination of Night Photography / Lions / The Habbania Tribe etc.
Introduction by Dr. G. M. Vevers, Superintendent of the Zoological Society, London.

Major Chaplin Court Treatt was instrumental in constructing aerodromes on a British Air Ministry Cape-to-Cairo Air Route. Together with his wife Stella travelled, according to a Crossley Motors promotional brochure, 12732 miles from Cape Town to Cairo.
(Reynolds, Colonial Cinema in Africa: Origins, Images, Audiences)

The Treatt trip was the first successful trip by “road” from Cape Town to Cairo. It took place in 1924.
Stella, an author and filmmaker, wrote an account of the trip called, ‘Cape to Cairo: The Record of a Historic Motor Journey’ (1927)
(Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Africa · Africa – Rare · African Elephants · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Animals · Arabs · Funerals and Burials, Rituals etc · Hunt · Hunting · Natives · Natural History · Nature · Nature Photography · Nature Writing · Photography · Safari · Sudan · Travel & Expedition – Rare · Travel Africa – Rare · Travel Writing · Travellers · Travelling Authors · Wildlife
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120179AB

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