Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

by Captain John Hanning Speke

$900 · Offered by Good Books in the Woods

First edition

Hardcover, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. First Edition. Octavo, pp. Xxxi, 658. Frontispiece portrait of the author, 1 full page colored map, 25 illustrated plates, 49 illustrations in text, 1 large folding map in back pocket. Re-bound in 19th Century half-calf with marbled paper and marbled page edges. Bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown. Some wear to binding, mostly on the

• Binding: Hardcover

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