Nile Quest

Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers have some rubbing to edges w/tiny bit of fraying, top edge of rear cover has small bump, owner's name erased on FFEP, little bit of light soiling, page ends lightly toning, front interior hinge just starting to crack; 1 fold-out map in rear… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paperback / softback. New. Sir Harry Johnston (1858-1927), was a British explorer and colonial administrator who became a key figure in the British Empire's expansion in Africa. This book, first published in 1903, is his broad-ranging history of Nile exploration from the Ancient Egyptians and Greeks to Napoleon and the Victorian period.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to vg. Octavo (8 x 6"). xv, [1], 341, [1]pp. Modern 3/4 morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering, ruling and illustration on spine. Top paper edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of Speke from a drawing by the author. Sir Harry Johnston (1858-1927),… Saber más sobre este artículo

Lawrence & Bullen, 1903. Book. Good. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, green cloth gilt, faded to spine, lightly rubbed at extremities, foxing to endpapers and margins, one gathering slightly loosened at tail end, b&w plates, 341pp.

Detroit: Negro History Press, (1970). 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. cloth binding xii + 341pp., appends., index, Facsimile (without maps & plates) of Frederick A. Stokes edition of 1903. Nice buckram binding