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AFRICA - THOMAS (Jean) Through Wild Equatorial...

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AFRICA - THOMAS (Jean) Through Wild Equatorial Africa. Paris, Larose, 1934. Large in-4 paperback, 223pp; large plates without text of photographic reproductions on glossy paper. On joint : LEFEBVRE-DESPAUX (Maxime) : Croquis d'Afrique. Voyages, Hunting, Fishing. Paris, Hazan, 1946. Grand in-8 paperback, 164pp; plates without text of photographic reproductions. Limited edition of 800 copies (n°218). Filled cover illustrated editor. - Bulletin de la Société Géographique de Toulouse, January 1933. A Travers l'Afrique Equatoriale Sauvage. Conference. Grand in-8, 22pp. 1/2 midnight blue canvas. Also enclosed: - an envelope containing 4 Bulletins of the Geographical Society of Toulouse, an autographed photograph, various newspaper articles, a bulletin of the Soc. Centrale d'Aquiculture, a typescript article, a death notification - Various large-format magazines: La Terre et la Vie; Terre d'Afrique Illustrée; Togocameroun Illustré; la Nature; l'Illustration; Le Monde Colonial Illustré. All these elements concerning Jean Thomas, who died in 1932, at the age of 41. Work of great interest. Half of the volume is devoted to fishing.