GREAT EXPLORATIONS IN THE WILDS OF AFRICA- including Sir Samuel Baker’s expedition with a force of nearly two thousand men to suppress the slave trade; Lieut. Cameron’s -Across Africa

Toronto: A. H. Hovey & Co., 1886. GREAT EXPLORATIONS IN THE WILDS OF AFRICA- including Sir Samuel Baker’s expedition with a force of nearly two thousand men to suppress the slave trade; Lieut. Cameron’s "Across Africa," with these travelers’ marvelous accounts of fighting the natives, hunting the hippopotamus, elephant and lion, and Henry M. Stanley’s story of his last and greatest work and explorations in organizing and bringing into the family of nations "the Congo Free State," ... with a graphic account of "Chinese" Gordon in Africa. The whole carefully edited by J. T. Headley- A. H. Hovey & Co.- Toronto- 1886-1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo-VG++/ no jacket as issued- Beautifully illustrated with many gorgeous engraved plates plates- - Original dark blue cloth with black scroll work and beautiful gilt titles on cover and spine-bright square and clean- 502pp, lightly toned but with only minimal foxing, no tears or writing-light edge soiling- 181-184 have minor dege nicks, not close to text.-a GREAT copy!- This may be the only copy available of a SCARCE, SCARCE book- the engraved 1/4, 1/2 and full page plates of wildlife, natives, and the famous explorers are superb!- World Cat shows only one entry of this 1st Edition at UCLA- Non-fiction-travel-exploration-adventure-Africa-illustrated (3484) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Illustrated Cloth. VG++/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.