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SPEKE, John Hanning. JOURNAL OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864. 2nd edition. 658 pp. + 38 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear. 8vo., red cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board decoration. Ex-library with spine label, title page inkstamp, map pocket (lacking map) at rear. As is: disboound, block detached from spine, slightly shaken, latter half of publisher catalogue detached, laid in. Frontispiece and engravings very good; occasional minor foxing in the text., Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of SPEKE, John Hanning : JOURNAL OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Speke, John Hanning : Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile(Amsterdam: Time-Life Books, 1984) 705445023 ISBN 705445023
'Classics of Exploration' series. Text facsimile of the Blackwood edition of 1863. 8vo; original brown padded leatherette cover, lettered in gilt, with borders ruled in gilt, red, and blind; a.e.g.; marbled effect to endpapers; pp. xxxii + 658 (+ adverts.); monochrome plates; line drawings in text; silk marker; endpocket with two large folding maps. Very good condition. "Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile chronicles the hardships, perils and excitements experienced by Speke on . . . an epic, three-year journey from Zanzibar to Lake Victoria, then down almost the full length of the mighty 4,145-mile river. It is an account of terrible savagery. He describes slave-traders with their emaciated captives, cannibals who prefer their human flesh raw, diviners who steam children over cauldrons of boiling water, a royal burial that involves entombing alive five maidens and five cows. Above all, he details the court of Mutesa, King of Buganda, a bloodthirsty tyrant who commonly orders executions for his amusement and casually has the ears lopped off children who do not attend his words. For six months, Speke was virtually a prisoner of the despotic Mutesa." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Speke, John Hanning : Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. SPEKE, John Hanning : Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the NileWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1864
A very good copy in the original scarce variant red decorative cloth gilt, spine faded and splashed and worn/frayed at ends, rear board splash- marked, all edges gilt, contents clean and tight. Bookplate of Graham Bower, Cape Colnial Secretary. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of SPEKE, John Hanning : Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. SPEKE, John Hanning : Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the NileTime Life, 1984
A fine unread copy in the original brown faux leather as issued. all edges gilt. Although Time states that this is leather, it has the appearance and consistency of "bonded leather", and artificial or reconstituted material. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of SPEKE, John Hanning : Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, atlases, out of print books, out-of-print books and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |