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Travel: Africa A collection of 9 volumes, including: Denham (Major Dixon & Captain Hugh Clapperton) Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824…, First edition, 38 engraved plates and maps (1 folding, 1 hand-coloured aquatint), some spotting and offsetting to plates, Narrative of Captain Clapperton's Journey with stinging to top edge, contemporary diced calf, stained, rebacked preserving spine, new lettering label, 4to, John Murray, 1826; Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, First edition, folding wood-engraved frontispiece, some spotting, 2 folding maps at rear, folding chart, wood-engraved plates, some spotting to frontispiece, title and portrait, ms gift label to front pastedown, contemporary calf gilt, minor cracking to spine, John Murray, 1857; with another copy lacking a map at rear and a second edition of How I Found Livingstone; and: Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries; and of the discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864, First edition, folding wood-engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved vignette to title, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, several plates loose, folding engraved map at rear, original gilt-stamped cloth, splitting and some loss to spine, 1865; Alexander (Lieut. Boyd) From the Niger to the Nile, First edition, 2 vols., inscribed by prominent colonial shipper Sir Alfred Lewis Jones ‘to Captain Read’ on half-titles, 3 folding maps, vol. 1 with strong stain to lower corner throughout, affecting maps, tear to one map, original cloth gilt, Edward Arnold, 1907; v.s., and 2 other vols. (9)
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Travel: Africa

1826 first edition Travel: Africa collection including Denham/Clapperton's Northern/Central Africa Narrative (1822-1824), 38 engraved plates/maps (1 folding, 1 hand-coloured aquatint), spotting/offsetting, Captain Clapperton's top-edge stinging, contemporary diced calf, rebacked preserving spine, new lettering label, 4to, John Murray.

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291 €(£250)–407 €(£350)

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Lot Details

Lot #
88
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GBP
Lot Ends
1 Oct 2026, 12:00:00
Auction Ends
1 Oct 2026, 12:00:00
Lots in Auction
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