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Lady Hodgson. The Siege of Kumassi.

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Lady Hodgson. The Siege of Kumassi.
<B>Lady [Mary Alice Young] Hodgson. </B></I><B><I>The Siege of Kumassi</B></I></B></I><B>.</B></I> By Lady Hodgson. With Many Illustrations a Map and a Plan. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1901. <BR><BR>Octavo. 365 pages. [2, publisher's ads dated Spring 1901]. Thirty-two inserted black and white photographic illustrations including frontispiece portrait and two inserted maps. Index.<BR>Publisher's red cloth covers and spine lettered in gilt, with elephant and palm in roundel stamped in gilt on the front cover. Top edge gilt. Darkened spine, slightly rubbed joints and edges. Altogether a very good copy. <BR><BR>Mary Alice Young Hodgson, the wife of Sir Frederic M. Hodgson, recounts her time in Africa as the wife of the British Colonial Governor of the Gold Coast. The book focuses upon Kumassi, where the Ashanti rising occurred in 1900.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)