Hardcover Quarto bound in brown paper-covered boards with rexine spines and has brown top-edges. Gilt design on front covers and gilt titles to the spines.Part 1 has 258 pages and Part 2 has 244 pages, cream-coloured dust jackets illustrated on front, and with A. A. Balkema advertisements on backs. Dust jackets are worn/stained and has small tears along the edges, the jacket on Part 2 has a small piece is missing on the top spine.
Both volumes contain a map, illustrations and photographs, line engravings by Chapman and Baines reproduced from the original edition of the books. They give a contemporary pictorial record of the expeditions.Fold-out map of the route from Walvis Bay to the Victoria Falls on Page 2 of Vol.1. Seven photographs, taken and developed by Chapman on the Zambezi expedition have been included between pp 10 and 11 of Vol. 2.
Both the bindings and books are all in very good condition.
When originally published in 1868 large sections of the manuscripts were omitted. This edition is based on all the original manuscripts by Edward Tabler and includes the previously omitted epic journey to the Zambezi in company with Thomas Baines from 1860-1863. Like Livingstone, Chapman had an ambition to develop the Zambezi as a trade route.
- Jacket Condition: Good
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 250 x 185 mm
- Sold By: Bookdealers cc
- Contact Person: Doron Locketz
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0114407936
- Preferred Payment Methods: EFT, Payfast, Credit Card
- Trade Associations: South African Bookdealers Association
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