[IVORY COAST] VILLAMUR, Roger, and RICHAUD, Léon. Our Colony - Lot 110

[IVORY COAST] VILLAMUR, Roger, and RICHAUD, Léon. Our Colony in the Ivory Coast. Paris, Challamel, 1903. in-12, ebony half-shagreen with corner pieces, spine with fine raised lines, covers and spine preserved. Binding signed "Atelier LArdenchet." XI and 399 pp., 11 plates of photographic reproductions on coated paper and two fold-out maps, one of which is in color. First edition of this study written by two former administrators. Preface by Governor Louis-Gustave Binger, director at the Ministry of the Colonies. It offers an overview of the young colony (1893), initially under a protectorate: history, geography, population, administration, natural resources, trade, and economic prospects. In fine condition, well bound.