Across Africa
by Cameron, Verney Lovett (Commander Royal Navy)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Bros, 1877. Book. Illus. by 29 Full Page Plates and 4 Facsimiles, Profuse Text Woodcuts, and Large Folding Map in the Front Pocket. Good. Original Cloth. First U.S. EDITION. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A cornerstone of Africa exploration, the first white man to cross the Continent from west to east, in 1873 to 1875. Hess/Coger 2991. Pages xvi, 508. Published in New York the same year as the first London edition. Very clean and tight inside, with the full page plates complete with tissue guards. Bookplate on the front inside cover is from the "York Collegiate Institute". Archival tape repairs to the back of the excellent, large folding map of Commander Cameron's brave trek from Benguella on the West coast, north and east to Lake Tanganyika, and then east to the coast north of Dar es Salaam, across from Zanzibar, his route shown in red. Contemporary pictorial red cloth, with an outline of Africa in gilt on the front cover. Nicely rebacked, but the red cloth has blotches and stains, not at all pretty. But the internal condition makes this an excellent buy of a scarce book on Africa exploration..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008457
- Title
- Across Africa
- Author
- Cameron, Verney Lovett (Commander Royal Navy)
- Illustrator
- 29 Full Page Plates and 4 Facsimiles, Profuse Text Woodcuts, and Large Folding Map in the Front Pocket
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First U.S. EDITION
- Publisher
- Harper & Bros
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1877
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Africa, Exploration, Central Africa, Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa, Sub-Saharan;
Terms of Sale
Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
Any purchase returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt. Sales subject to prior sale.
About the Seller
Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Craftsbury Common, Vermont
About Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
Mostly Travel and Scholarly Books on Africa, Asia and the Middle East
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...