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Lot 168
Sale 503 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Sep 13, 2017
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THOMSON, Joseph (1858-1895)
Through Masai Land: Journey of Exploration Among the Snowcloud Volcanic Mountains and Strange Tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885.8vo. Frontispiece, 2 folding maps, numerous illustrations and plates throughout. (A few pages loose.) Publisher's green cloth, pictorial, spine gilt-lettered (chipping to spine, lightly rubbed, discreet library label on spine). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. While in Masai territory, Thomson hunted rhinoceros, elephant, buffalo and captured a new species of gazelle.
