A hardback cover book in very good  condition.  No dust jacket indicated.  See image of cover for external appearance. Published by the Shell Company of Nigeria Ltd in 1960 to commemorate the country's independence.  This copy is the 2nd edition,  published in 1962.  The first apparently sold out fast! Foreword by Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the first and only ever Prime Minister of Nigeria.  Illustrations/ paintings by John Danford.