LOT OF TWO WORLD WAR I PHOTO ALBUMS, DOCUMENTING

THE WAR IN AFRICA, 1915-17. THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE LIKELY TAKEN BY A BRITISH OFFICER SERVING IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. THEY DOCUMENT SCENES FROM MODERN-DAY MALAWI, UGANDA, MOZAMBIQUE, SOUTH AFRICA, RWANDA, KENYA, THE CONGO, AND NAMIBIA. IT INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS OF COMBAT, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, SOLDIERS, HUNTING, LANDSCAPES, EQUIPMENT, SHIPS, AND OTHER. THE PHOTO ALBUMS ALSO INCLUDE HAND-DRAWN MARGINALIA, AND DESIGNS ON THE PAGES. ONE ALBUM CONTAINS 116 PHOTOGRAPHS, AND THE OTHER CONTAINS 166 PHOTOGRAPHS. THE SMALLER OF THE TWO ALBUMS SHOWS TWO TORN PAGES, AND SOME PLACES WHERE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE NOW MISSING.