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Lot 117
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5 vols. 5 vols.
19th Century African Travel: Burton, Richard, Sir. First Footsteps in East Africa.. London: Tylston & Edwards, 1894. Memorial Edition. 2 vols. 8vo, orig. gilt pictorial brown cloth; surface scuffed, corners bumped, spine edges frayed, old library markings to spine. With 2 chromolitho. frontispieces, 2 chromolitho. plates and 2 maps; tp and plates with perforated library stamps. Vol. 1 lacking front free endpaper, pages lightly toned, library card holders to rear endpapers. * Farini, G.A. Through the Kalahari Desert. N.Y: Scribner, 1886. 8vo, orig. 1/2 morocco & marbled bds; cover detached, spine cover missing, scuffed and very worn. With a fold map, fold diagram (both with several ink library stamps) and b/w plates; pages toned, front free endpaper torn. With ink and perforated library stamps on front matter, library card pocket to rear endpapers. * Chanler, William Astor. Through Jungle and Desert. N.Y: Macmillan & Co., 1896. 8vo, later cloth; soiled. With many in-text b/w illustrations; toned, loose, brittle endpapers, front matter with ink & perforated library stamps, rear endpapers with library card pocket. * Bertrand, Alfred. The Kingdom of the Barotsi, Upper Zambezia. Lon: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. 8vo, orig. red gilt pictorial cloth; extremities rubbed, spine faded, worn, with library markings. Illus. with fold map and b/w plates; title page toned from tissue, perforated library stamps to front matter and map. Endpapers with bookplate and library card holder. Sold with all faults.