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TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON







Book Description
16+350+4 pages, large folding map, maps, coloured frontispiece, 5 folding plates + many photographs : the Tanganyika Expeditions of 1899 & 1900 to Central Africa from the German station at Usambura north to Kivu Lake, overland to Albert Edward Lake, navigating this & up to Albert Nyanza, well observed and it all started with a jelly-fish; hardback, 3/4 leather prize binding with gilt crest to boards, all 4 corners are rubbed, the spine has been professionally re-laid with modern leather, raised bands, gilt lettering and designs (see photographs); now a restored and almost very good copy of the FIRST EDITION.
Dealer Notes
SCARCE mountaineering and AFRICA book.
Author
Moore J E S
Date
1901, 1st edition
Binding
Three quarter leather, prize binding
Publisher
Hurst & Blackett
Illustrator
Not applicable
Condition
Almost very good
Pages
16+350 pages
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