1900 · Georgetown, British Guiana
by [British Guiana]
Georgetown, British Guiana: James Thomson, Argosy Office, 1900. Twenty-four photographic reproductions on [16]pp., bound in accordion style. Original blue publisher's cloth, front board gilt. Light shelf wear. Pressed leaf laid in. Internally clean. Very good. A scarce volume of images of British Guiana from approximately the end of the 19th century, produced in London and published by a local newspaper office as a souvenir. The photographic reproductions consist mostly of images of the capital of the colony, Georgetown, including neighborhood architecture, street views, government buildings, the botanic gardens, and the coast. There are also several images of inland gold prospecting sites. Only two copies in OCLC, at the University of Texas and the University of the West Indies. (Inventory #: WRCAM52852)