Lot Details
Lot 171
GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS A Walk Across Africa or Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864. First edition. Publisher's green cloth pictorial gilt, unopened in part. 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches; xviii, 452, [2] pp.; folding map in rear pocket, frontispiece, half-title, publisher's advertisements. Recased preserving much of original spine, corners bumped, cloth with a few pale stains, light foxing to frontispiece and offsetting to title page, map toned and split at fold.
"An entertaining work of exploration, this represents Grant's experiences traveling with John Hanning Speke from Zanzibar to the source of the Nile at Lake Victoria, naming Ripon Falls, then trekking down river to Gondokoro and sailing to Khartoum. There are numerous descriptions of the terrain and people, with sporting incidents throughout, particularly after various antelope species, zebra and an occasional buffalo. North of the lake in Unyoro, Grant hunted elephant, but failed to collect one. The pair eventually met Samuel Baker who was camped along the river" (Czech). Czech, Africa, p. 111.
C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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