Travels And Researches Among The Lakes And Mountains Of Eastern And Central Africa -- 1879 FIRST UK EDITION

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1879 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original tan cloth with black lettering front and spine, black decorations front and spine, all edges gilt, original black-coated EPs. The book has minor cover soiling, darkening to spine cloth, splotchy fading to covers, some rubbing to spine ends and corner tips. Tiny cracking EPs but quite solid binding with no looseness or shaking. Bookplate of renowned balloonist and adventurer, Steve Fossett, on front pastedown, old owner name in pencil on verso of FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, some foxing on white side of EPs and on first and last folding maps and facing pages and on the large fold-out illustration otherwise no foxing. The folding map has no tears, no loss. Rare example of the book in original binding, a book that is usually found completely rebound in later covers. The book measures 2222mm tall x 155mm, and has 417 + [1] pages, 45 b/w illustrations (including 14 plates of which one is a fold-out at page 277), 3 folding maps. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. N° de ref. del artículo 003794

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