First edition, Nairobi 1959. Tall quarto, 148 pages, very slightly used throughout, paperback with cloth spine, the covers slightly worn and age-toned. Corrigenda slip loosely attached to the front cover. In this copy the black and white illustrations and pages 65 to 74 have been bound in upside down. Limited edition of 200 copies only, this one being number 179. The original owner's signature is written in red on the title page. [The text was typed and either xeroxed or cyclostyled, and printed on one side only. The black and white photographs are very poorly reproduced, and certainly of no use for identification. However the text is extremely detailed, and obviously written from great personal knowledge.] A scarce collectors item. TOGETHER WITH: A Book of East African Orchids. Illustrated with black and white photographs, small slim octavo, pp 112, corrigenda slip pasted to title page, signature of Stella M Taylor, Kampala and date on front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, green cloth very slightly worn, the dustwrapper is a variant - I have never seen this before - it is age-toned and a bit soiled, very worn, chipped and repaired, lacking a large piece from its upper cover, the top and bottom of its spine and two pieces from its lower cover. [The scarce first edition.]