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JOHNSTON, H. H. The Kilima-Njaro Expedition. A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern Equatorial Africa...

Catalogue: Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

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Lot 213
JOHNSTON, H. H. The Kilima-Njaro Expedition. A Record of Scientific Exploration in Eastern Equatorial Africa...
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1886. First edition. Later half morocco, top edge gilt. 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches; xv, 572 pp.; frontispiece, 6 maps (including two folding), plates, in-text illustrations, vignette title page. Extremities just touched, hinges strengthened, bookplate to front pastedown, shelf sticker to rear pastedown, else fine.
First edition of the account of the first scientific expedition to explore the region, with notes on its flora, fauna, and languages, and the "excellent map of the Kilmanjaro region" (Neate). Neate J29; Wood 409.


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Travel & Sport in Africa from the Library of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 11am EDT