TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA: PERFORMED UNDER THE DIRECTION AND PATRONAGE OF THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION, IN THE YEARS 1795, 1796, AND 1797.
by PARK, MUNGO
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
London: W. Bulmer and Company, 1799. Rebound in mid-1970's with binder's note at rear. Original endpapers. Half-title. Frontipiece engraving of the author with off-setting onto the title-page. Collated complete with three folding maps and six plates counting the frontispiece. The first map of Mr. Park's route has red and blue route markings. All maps are intact and in very good condition. A small 1" tear at insertion of the map of North Africa has been repaired with archival tape, no paper loss. Slight off-setting onto adjacent pages of the full-page plates. Brown spot upper margin of pp. 61-73 (see photo). Page 313 has a closed tear at upper edge, no paper loss, likely a paper flaw from time of printing. This copy contains the Negro Song with two pages of music at conclusion as a postscript, frequently missing. A very good, kindly rebound copy. xxviii, 372, xcii, (v). The author (1771-1806) was a Scottish surgeon, botanist, and explorer of the Niger River in Africa. He drowned on his second journey to the Niger at age 35. "Printing And The Mind Of Man, #253". . First Edition. Full Brown Calf. Light Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014438
- Title
- TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR DISTRICTS OF AFRICA: PERFORMED UNDER THE DIRECTION AND PATRONAGE OF THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION, IN THE YEARS 1795, 1796, AND 1797.
- Author
- PARK, MUNGO
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light Corner and Edge Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. Bulmer and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1799
- Size
- Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Exploration, Travels, Africa, African Exploration
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Glenn Books
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Prairie Village, Kansas
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We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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