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Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Da Capo Press, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus.. Copyright page states that this Da Capo Press edition is an unabridged republication of First Edition published in London in 1864 by Tinsley Brothers. New introduction by Robert O. Collins. Book is bound in teal cloth with gilt lettering, 195 pages with map. Book also includes Captain Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile by James Macqueen. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. .

London: 18, Catherine St., Strand.: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good, 1st ed, 1864, 3 maps, with the 4 pages of adverts. In the original burgundy embossed cloth, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Spine, gilt titles, edges repaired, worn a little along the joints. Internally, [2], [3], (iv) only, [1], 6-65, [1], 2 maps, [1], 68-195, [1], 1 map, [4] adverts, original endpapers, pencil name to verso fep, lacks half title, a few light marks, edges uncut, printed by Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars, London. (Penzer p74. Casada 49. Alibone 261). Title continues: pt. 1. Showing Tanganyika to be Ptolemy's western lake reservoir : a memoir read before the Royal Geographical Society, November 14, 1864 ; with prefatory remarks / by Richard F. Burton -- pt. 2. Captain Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile : a review / by James M'Queen (reprinted by permission from the Morning advertiser). "The melancholy event of September 15th,… Read More