[First Edition] In Darkest Africa Or the Quest

8vo. Pp. xiv; 547; xvi; 540. Frontis. black & white portrait of the author, with his facsimile signature below. Illustrated with black & white illustrations, with large fold-out maps in rear cover pockets of both vols. Appendices. Indexes. Marbled endpapers and edges. Bound in three-quarter crimson-red morocco over marbled paper boards; spine lettered in gilt; decoration to spines in blind. Ownership signature to front free endpaper of second volume. Rubbed edges and corners; some marks to spines. All told, a bright set. A cornerstone in the Age of Exploration.

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