The Narrative Of an Explorer In Tropical South Africa

Sturdily rebound first edition. Complete with four color chromolithographs, one monochrome plate, and four in-text engravings, plus colored folding map. Galton traveled and explored with Charles John Andersson. Francis Galton's brilliant travel account of his time spent exploring the Tropics of South Africa. At the time of this expedition South West Africa was still little explored, with his vivid account filling… Read more about this item

Ward, Lock and Co., 1890. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1890. Fourth Edition. 320 pages. No dust jacket. The Minerva Library of Famous Books Series. Green cloth with black and gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrated plates, one of which is detached but present. Pages are bright with moderate tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Presentation… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xiv; [2]; 314; [2] publisher's advertisements. Publisher's brown mottled cloth with blind stamped borders, gilt titles to spine, gilt vignette to upper board, yellow endpapers. Illustrated with four colour lithographs, various other illustrations, and two maps in colour on a folding plate at the… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1853. Book measures 20.5x13.cm. Collation, xiv,[1],314pp, 2pp booklist, complete with all illustrations, of which 4 are coloured, plus coloured folding map. Bound in original publishers cloth. Rebacked, retaining most of the original spine. Cloth lightly rubbed, some minor wear on edges, library number on spine [ The Seminary, Chishawasha Library ]. Binding in good clean firm condition.… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1853. First edition of Sir Francis Galton's account of his expedition to South West Africa. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to this spine six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt tooling to the front and real panels within triple gilt ruling with fleuron cornerpieces and central motif stamped in blind,… Read more about this item

New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis, folding map, index, xiv, (2), 314p. Original cloth. 22cm. No Jacket (as issued). Reprint of the 1853 London first edition.

London: Henry Frowde. 8vo, original leather board with gilt decoration (school prize plate front board), b&w frontis, b&w plates, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, pp xx, 320. N.d., c. 1890. Lacks backstrip, boards loose, very rubbed to edges, previous owner's inscription. Map called for is present but loosely inserted. Reading copy. 4th Edition. Boards.

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

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Nabu Press, 2010-01-12. Paperback. Good.

Adamant Media Corporation, 2004-06-28. Paperback. Good.

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