About this title: Classic account of great explorer's second journey (1859-1860) to confirm Lake Victoria as source of the Nile. Exciting blend of adventure, exploration, geographic, ethnographic data. 70 illustrations. 2 maps.
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Binding: Paperbook
Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London
Date Published: 1864
ISBN-13:9781402113949ISBN:1402113943
Description: New in New jacket. This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by William Blackwood and Sons in Edinburgh and London, 1864. This book is in English. This book contains 776 pages. Print on demand edition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Everyman's Library (Dutton), New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 7&1/4" by 4&3/4" Brown cloth binding with gilt title, clean and tight, 477 pages plus index; jacket is clean, small edge tears. read more
Binding: Mock Leather
Publisher: Heron Books
Date Published: 1971
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Foreword by W A Chislett. Navy blue faux leather boards with ornate gilt decoration to front board, gilt decoration and titles to spine. SIlk ribbon marker. Light ageing to page edges. All illustrations taken from the origianl edition published in 1863. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780486293042ISBN:0486293041
Description: Grant, James. Near Fine. 590 pages + catalog of Dover books. Fold out map in rear. B/w illustrations. Small chafe mark on bottom corner of last page. An unabridged republication of the work originally published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, in 1868. Several of the illustrations have been repositioned in the present edition. -from copyright page. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Selling online since 1999. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amsterdam. Time-Life Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780705415026ISBN:0705415023
Description: Facsimile reprint of the 1863 edition, in the Classics of Exploration series. XXXII, 658, (34 publications) PP with 48 illustrations, plus 25 plates (1 map in colour and 24 illustrations) and 2 large folded maps (in colour) in rear pocket. Fp: Portrait of Captain Speke, in Dress worn in Africa. Marbled endpapers. Padded brown leather, lettered and ruled in gilt and red, spine blocked in red between raised bands. All edges gilt. A 2 page publisher's sheet loosely inserted. Fine. 21.7 x 14.5. ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: General Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780217856874ISBN:021785687X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 5.98 by 9 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00388 pages) purchase of this book includes free trial access to web. million-books[full stop]com where you can read more than a million books for free. this is an ocr edition with typos. excerpt from book: chapter iv. ugogo; and the wilderness of mgunda mkhall, the lie of the co lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: General Books LLC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780217856874ISBN:021785687X
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Description: Very Good. Hardcover no dj. Very good condition; edges, corners, and covers of book show minor wear. No underlining; no highlighting; no internal markings. Fine but for some pages bent/crease; thus Vg book; no dj. 1965. Hardcover no dj. read more
Description: 8vo. original full leather gilt, aeg; pp. xxxii, 658 + 34 p. pubs. advts., with 75 illustrations & 3 (1 unlisted) maps (2 colour folding in rear pocket). A fine copy with introductory sheet loosely enclosed. read more
Description: 8vo. original full leather gilt, aeg; pp. xxxii, 658 + 34 p. pubs. advts., with 75 illustrations & 3 (1 unlisted) maps (2 colour folding in rear pocket). A fine copy with original bookplate & introductory sheet loosely inserted. read more
Description: 8vo. original full leather gilt, aeg; pp. xxxii, 658 + 34 p. pubs. advts., with 75 illustrations & 3 (1 unlisted) maps (2 colour folding in rear pocket). A fine copy. read more
Description: Good+, No Dust Jacket. 8VO, 590 pgs., B/W Illus. Hardcover: Brown Cloth binding with self-embossed borders. Title in gold on faded spine, with gold design on top and bottom edges. Front and back boards are Sun faded across top. Corners are worn through. Spine ends are lightly frayed. Left spine edge has two inch frayed area. Paper over hinges are starting to separate, but binding is still nice and tight. Frontispiece is tissue guarded but has water-marks in lower corner. Second tissue guarded ... read more
Binding: H Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Bros., NY
Date Published: 1864
Description: No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall (1864), hard cover, no dust jacket, ex museum library with rubber stamp on title page and p. 100 and a few numbers on Dedication page, new spine with gilt lettering, new patedowns and endpapers, extremities of original covers worn & chipped, small area of front cover cloth worn away, binding tight, staining in margins of earlier pages, occasional light internal foxing, a few edge tears, b/w illstns., large color folding map has light spotting, 590 pp. text plus ... read more
Description: Good. Text bloc is vg-plus to nearly fine. Purple dyed leather exterior has major defects including front hinge repaired, head of leather spine glued to backing strip, tips worn through, etc. Leather spine lable is vg. All edges marbled--top edge darkened considerably. Full Leather. First edition copy. 1863 on title and copyright pages. No internal markings. Map bound inside rear cover is fine. In sealed plastic protection. 1863. Full Leather. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York
Date Published: 1864
Description: Very Good. 'With map and portraits, and numerous illustrations, chiefly from drawings by Captain Grant. ' xxx, 590 pages, [6 advertising] pages, very well illustrated, 2 maps (1 folding), original boards, new cloth backstrip, repaired tear in folding map. 1st American edition. This is a very nice copy, the contents are near fine, excepting the tear in the folding map. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "John Hanning Speke (May 4, 1827-September 15, 1864) was an officer in the British ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London
Date Published: 1863
Description: With Map and Portraits, and Numerous Illustrations, Chiefly from Drawings by Captain Grant. Octavo. Original brown cloth, title gilt to the spine, blind panelling to the boards and gilt block of the King of Uganda to the upper board. Photogravure portrait frontispiece and one other similar portrait, Speke and Grant, 24 plates, and 2 maps, one full-page, the other folding in an end-pocket. Cloth a little rubbed, neatly recased, spine relined, new endpapers, frontispiece slightly discoloured ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: EBLA (UK)
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780460010504ISBN:0460010506
Description: Good. All orders are dispatched from our UK warehouse within one working day. Established in 2004. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied. read more
Binding: Soft Leather
Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. : E. P. Dutton & Co., London and New York
Description: Good in No Dustwrapper jacket. 12mo. One of the Everyman's Library series no. not stated. Undated. Maroon leather covers with bright gilt tiles and decorations along the spine. Bright gilt decoration on the front cover. Internally very crisp, clean and tight 7" tall book of 477 pages. 2" split at the top of the front hinge. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J M DENT & SONS
Date Published: 1906
Description: Published by J M Dent & Sons in 1906. Hardback. Condition: Acceptable. Reading copy ONLY Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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