Two early 20th century photographic albums of South and East Africa, together with A.E. Butter's 1904 Report
Lot includes two albums of gelatin silver prints: 1. Boer War and World War I.; comprising 98 photos in total, documenting aspects related to Arthur George Keith-Falconer, 10th Earl of Kintore's (1879-1966) travels and involvement in and around the Boer War in Southern Africa, as well as his time with the Scott's Guard in World War I; many of the photographs bear Keith-Falconer's tidy hand penned descriptive captions as well as names identifying many of the soldiers in a majority of the photographs.
Arthur George Keith-Falconer fought in the Boer War from 1900-1902 with the Cameron Highlanders; and during World War I, fought with the Scots Guard (Special Reserves) achieving the rank of captain. The album is an oblong folio bound in full pebbled black leather with gilt titles; considerable wear and scuffing to the spine and edges; front board has detached; interior is clean; photos themselves are generally bright and well preserved; laid to stiff album card stock pages.

2. The second album of 94 gelatin silver prints, documents aspects of Keith-Falconer's travels and involvement in A.E. Butter's 1902-3 geographic and tribal survey expedition through Abyssinia-Borana and British East Africa. The expedition was lead by A.E Butter, Lieutenant-Colonel Harrington, and Captain P. Maud R.E.. The album depicts members of the expedition together with their guides, handlers, pack animals both camel and mule, together with many photographs of the tribal people with whom the expedition was eager to connect with and document; as well as many images of safari-like kills of elephant, rhino, lion, gazelle, and African buffalo, etc. many of the photographs in this album as well bear Keith-Falconer's tidy hand penned descriptive captions as well as names identifying many who appear in the photographs. The album is an oblong folio bound in full pebbled black leather with gilt titles to cover and tooling to spine; overall very good condition interior is clean; photos themselves are generally bright and well preserved; laid to stiff album card stock pages.
Together with the document that was created after the expedition and presented to the British Parliament Africa. No. 13 (1904). Report by Mr. A.E. Butter on the Survey of the Proposed Frontier Between British East Africa and Abyssinia published, London: Harrison and Sons, 1904. 22 pp. 4to. sewn pamphlet wraps, with multi-panel colored map at rear.