Book Description

16+350+4 pages, large folding map, maps, coloured frontispiece, 5 folding plates + many photographs : the Tanganyika Expeditions of 1899 & 1900 to Central Africa from the German station at Usambura north to Kivu Lake, overland to Albert Edward Lake, navigating this & up to Albert Nyanza, well observed and it all started with a jelly-fish; hardback, 3/4 leather prize binding with gilt crest to boards, all 4 corners are rubbed, the spine has been professionally re-laid with modern leather, raised bands, gilt lettering and designs (see photographs); now a restored and almost very good copy of the FIRST EDITION.
Dealer Notes
SCARCE mountaineering and AFRICA book.
Author Moore J E S
Date 1901, 1st edition
Binding Three quarter leather, prize binding
Publisher Hurst & Blackett
Illustrator Not applicable
Condition Almost very good
Pages 16+350 pages

Price: £225.00

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