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Gray's expedition followed the disastrous missions of Peddie and Campbell; Gray was scarcely more successful, being captured by the Fulani of Futa-Toro.
Gray's expedition followed the disastrous missions of Peddie and Campbell; Gray was scarcely more successful, being captured by the Fulani of Futa-Toro.
Gray's expedition followed the disastrous missions of Peddie and Campbell; Gray was scarcely more successful, being captured by the Fulani of Futa-Toro.

GRAY, Major William

Travels in Western Africa, in the years 1818, 19, 20, and 21, from the River Gambia, through Woolli, Bondoo, Galam, Kasson, Kaarta, and Foolidoo, to the River Niger.

Murray, London 1825.

£1,750.00
£1,750.00

Travels in Western Africa,

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Gray's expedition followed the disastrous missions of Major Peddie (who died of fever) and Captain Campbell (who also died on his arrival at the coast); Gray was scarcely more successful, being captured by the Fulani of Futa-Toro.

First edition. 8vo. xvi, 413 pp., 10 aquatint plates including frontispiece, 4 lithographed botanical plates, 1 folding map, contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with foliate motifs, red label, marbled boards, some slight offsetting and foxing in places, a very good copy.

Abbey Travel 282; Gay 2899.

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Gray's expedition followed the disastrous missions of Peddie and Campbell; Gray was scarcely more successful, being captured by the Fulani of Futa-Toro.

Travels in Western Africa,

£1,750.00
£1,750.00

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The Deluxe issue of the first edition, with the plates hand-coloured, of The Unknown Horn of Africa by Frank Linsly James.
The Deluxe issue of the first edition, with the plates hand-coloured, of The Unknown Horn of Africa by Frank Linsly James.

JAMES, F[rank] L[insly].
The Unknown Horn of Africa: 1888.
The Deluxe issue of the first edition, with the plates hand-coloured, of The Unknown Horn of Africa by Frank Linsly James.
£1,250.00

A first edition of The River War by Winston Churchill.
A first edition of The River War by Winston Churchill.

CHURCHILL, Winston.
The River War. 1899.
£3,750.00

First editions of Garstin's 1901 and 1904 Reports on the Irrigation and Basin of the Upper Nile, from the noted collection of Humphrey Winterton, one of the greatest collectors of East Africa in the last quarter of the twentieth century.
First editions of Garstin's 1901 and 1904 Reports on the Irrigation and Basin of the Upper Nile, from the noted collection of Humphrey Winterton, one of the greatest collectors of East Africa in the last quarter of the twentieth century.

GARSTIN, Sir William.
Despatch from His Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Cairo, 1901; 1904.
£2,750.00

Rare map showing Stanley's travels on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, only in 2 UK institutions and not in BL.
Rare map showing Stanley's travels on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, only in 2 UK institutions and not in BL.

[STANLEY, Henry Morton]; Johnston, W. & A. K.
New Map of Central Africa 1888.
£1,250.00

The account of Speke's final expedition. It's purpose was to explore the Victoria Nyanza area and confirm that the lake was the source of the White Nile.
The account of Speke's final expedition. It's purpose was to explore the Victoria Nyanza area and confirm that the lake was the source of the White Nile.

SPEKE, John Hanning.
Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. 1863.
The account of Speke's final expedition. It's purpose was to explore the Victoria Nyanza area and confirm that the lake was the source of the White Nile.
£2,500.00

First edition of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone, with the rare coloured frontispiece by West.
First edition of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone, with the rare coloured frontispiece by West.

LIVINGSTONE, David.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; 1857.
£1,250.00

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