Tomos Nutt

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After starting his career working for an ABA book dealer specialising in rare books on Asia for two years, Tomos joined Shapero in 2024. During his BA in History at Durham he focused on illuminated manuscripts, socialist political thought, and news culture of the 17th-century. He now assists Julian in the Travel department. In his spare time he writes short stories, plays lawn bowls, and watches enough movies to be a dab hand at the pop culture round of a pub quiz.

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Rare presentation copy to the author's daughter. Rare inscribed copy of Grant's important Nile account. Inscribed 'To my dear little good / "Mary Augusta" with her / father's fondest love / 1st of May 1873 / J. A. Grant'.

One of the scarcest Nile accounts by one of the forgotten greats of African exploration. Grant's account of the illness which prevented him from accompanying Speke to where the White Nile meets Lake Victoria is now considered the first recorded description of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer).

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