The Lake Regions of Central Africa: a Picture of Exploration by Richard F. Burton - 1860

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. brown end-papers; b/w. tissue-guarded frontis. illust. plus 34 further b/w. illustrations (12 full-page) throughout; author's preface followed by fold-out b/w. map of Zanzibar and the Great Lakes in Eastern Africa & dates of journeying with Stasimetric (distance) & Hypsometric (height) tables showing names of stages of the expeditions; contents & list of illustrations; this, the first American edition published the same year as the London edition by Longmans & containing the same plates though untinted in this issue. 'Lake Regions of Central Africa' is the narrative of Burton's three years' hard travel from Zanzibar to Lake Tanganyika to try and discover the source of the Nile with acute observations on village life, native character, religion and government.. 4 pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. This is the first USA edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 572 pages. some light wear to spine edges;. faint traces of erased writing on ffep.. gilt titles spine; extensive embossed decorations to front & rear brown cloth covers and spine. Light bumping & wear to outer corners; rear hinge starting & strengthened with flexible binding glue; several outer bottom corners of page margins have been folded in as they were not correctly cut; minor damage to top of 2 pages of publisher's adverts at rear.. Includes appendices & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; East Africa; Anthropology; Geography & Maps; Africa; 19th century; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3996. . This book is fairly heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.