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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa,; and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi to the Easter Ocean

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa,; and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi to the Easter Ocean

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of Sixteen
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Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa,; and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi to the Easter Ocean

by Livingstone, David

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London: John Murray, 1857. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. ix, 687. Thick 8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary 3/4 leather over marbleds boards. With folding lithographed frontispiece of Victoria Falls (signed in the plate by Whymper), a steel engraving of the author facing page 1, (untinted) full-page engravings and line drawings in the text, and two folding maps tabbed-in at the end. Three page 8s, second marked with an asterisk, and third with 'dagger'. No advertisements at end of book. Three book plates of previous owners: the first, a small (one inch by one inch) armorial leather label, is of Robert Hoe (1839-1909, a New York printing press manufacturer, book collector and founder of the Grolier Club. The second, a more conventional armorial bookplate printed on paper, is of Lewis Montgomery Bond, a Philadelphia tea merchant. The third, a printed label affixed to the inside of the rear board, is of Charles Williston McAlpin (1865-1942), a member of a prominent family involved in the industrial and social development of New York City in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. The extremities of the boards are modertaely rubbed, as is the marbled paper on the front board. The hinges are tight, and the contents tightly bound and free of foxing or soiling. Overall, an interesting association copy of the second state of the first edition in good+, to very good, condition.

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Title
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa,; and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi to the Easter Ocean
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Livingstone, David
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Hardcover
Book Condition
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Edition
1st edition
Publisher
John Murray
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1857
Keywords
Africa; Exploration; Darkest Africa;

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