Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - RARE -TOWN PLANNING IN KUMASI CITY, ASHANTI KINGDOM IN WEST AFRICA.'Programme. Opening of the First Section of the Kumasi Town Planning by His Excellency the Governor Sir Ransford Slater, K.C.M.E., C.B.E., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Gold Coast. 1st May 1929.'A rare and wholly original vintage programme from colonial West Africa. Illustrated with 5 large real gelatin silver photographs mounted to the pages. Dated 1st May, 1929. Size: 31.5cm x 25.2cm. Printed card wraps with ribbon binding.Very Good to Good condition. Some light foxing to covers and to the mounts of the photographs. Light edge-wear. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.A rare and wholly original vintage programme related to town planning in the Ashanti Kingdom in colonial West Africa. Kumasi is the capital of Ashanti province (now incorporated into modernday Ghana). Dated 1st May, 1929. With 5 large real gelatin silver photographs mounted to the pages, including two city views and three portraits - King Prempeh of Ashanti, Chief Commissioner John Maxwell, and Governor of Gold Coast Colony Sir Ransford Slater. key words:
Price: 350 GBP
Location: Ascot
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Binding: Brochure/Pamphlet
Language: English
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Africa
Country/Region of Manufacture: Ghana
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1929
