1373 - Africa - Portrait Photography

Africa - Portrait Photography Pocket notebook for the South West African Expeditionary Corps with a photographic portrait of Empress Auguste Victoria on the front cover. Berlin, Liebmann, ca. 1906. Small 8° (15.5 x 10 cm). Hardcover with red-edged pages, Bakelite covers, and pen holder (cover detached from the block; portrait has a small dent). Pocket calendar included in the appendix with printed texts on the “Organization of the Protectorate Forces of German South West Africa” and the “German Red Cross Societies,” as well as a notes section. - Frontispiece with a facsimile of a manuscript by Auguste Victoria: “To the brave troops in German South West Africa. Christmas 1906.” - With several erased entries in pencil and one remaining in ink; slightly browned due to the paper, otherwise well preserved Africa. - Pocket calendar with notebook for the South West African Expeditionary Corps, featuring a photographic portrait of Empress Auguste Victoria on the front cover. Half leather with red edges, Bakelite covers, and pen holder (binding detached from the block; portrait has a small dent). - Includes printed texts on the organization of the Protectorate Forces of German South-West Africa and the German Red Cross Societies. - Front flyleaf featuring a facsimile of a handwritten dedication by Auguste Victoria to the troops in German South-West Africa from Christmas 1906. - Contains several erased entries in pencil and one remaining entry in ink; slightly browned due to the paper, otherwise well preserved.