A WALK ACROSS AFRICA or Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864. First Edition and THE COPY BELONGING TO GRANT HIMSELF, WITH HILL HOUSE MARKINGS, FROM HILL HOUSE, MORAY, BANFFSHIRE, SCOTLAND. THIS IS FROM THE HOUSE OCCUPIED BY JAMES AUGUSTUS GRANT AND THIS COPY IS RECORDED AS BELONGING TO THE AUTHOR. With the folding map of the walk done by Grant and Speke Across Africa, contained in pocket in back cover. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth, the spine lettered in gilt with gilt decorations at the head and tail, covers with decorative borders in blind, the upper cover bearing a large vignette decoration of the M’Ganda warrior saluting impressed in gilt. xviii, 452, [34 ads] pp. An internally fine and fresh copy, partially unopened. The cloth does bear some old evidence of water at the lower right corner of the upper cover and to the lower cover. There is a repaired tear to the cloth. The gilt remains bright on both the spine and upper cover, and the binding is solid and tight. VERY RARE, THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE COPY BELONGING TO GRANT HIMSELF, AS IT CONTAINS THE HILL HOUSE MARKINGS FROM HIS HOME IN MORAY, BANFFSHIRE, SCOTLAND. IT IS THE VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH OF ONE OF THE MOST ELUSIVE OF THE EARLY AFRICAN EXPLORING BOOKS. James Grant accompanied Speke on his journey across Africa to solve the riddle of the source of the Nile. Meant as a companion to the account of the journey written by Speke, Grant explores the “ordinary life and pursuits, the habits and feelings of the natives” and the economic potential of the countries they traveled.