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Auction #116 begins on 11 Jul 2024

J. S. Roberts

African Travel and Adventure

Including the Life & Explorations of Dr. Livingstone and the Discoveries of Stanley, Cameron & c. and the Ancient and Modern Explorers.

Published: W. P. Bennett & Co, London, 1874

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $180

Approximately:

Estimate: $400-420

Bidding opens: 11 Jul 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 18 Jul 16:30 GMT

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3 volumes. First edition 1874.

Publishers green bevelled boards .

Gilt title and gilt vignette.

Embossed vignette and lineal borders to back cover.

Gilt title with vignettes to spine.

Triple gilt page-blocks.

Continuous pagination.

Volume I.

[7], 316 pages.

Colour portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard.

Colour pictorial title page.

Double-page colour map.

4 full-page colour plates.

10 full-page b&w plates.

In-text illustrations and vignettes.

Volume II.

[4], from page 317 to page 632.

3 full-page colour plates.

6 full-page b&w plates.

In-text illustrations and vignettes.

Volume III.

[4], from page 633 to page 930.

3 full-page colour plates.

3 full-page b&w plates.

In-text illustrations and vignettes.

The exploratory missions and adventures of such renowned

explorers as Dr. David Livingstone, Henry Morton Stanley,

and further historical and contemporary individuals.

Also examines the Madagascar Slave Trade, the Sahara

desert, and the  Sudanese capital of Khartoum.

Recorded shipping weight 5000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 29.5 x 23 cm


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