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Alpha Edition, 2020-10-19. Paperback. Used: Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Through Masai land: a journey of exploration among the snowclad volcanic mountains and strange tribes of eastern equatorial Africa. Being the narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's Expedition t.

Alpha Edition, 2020-10-19. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Through Masai land: a journey of exploration among the snowclad volcanic mountains and strange tribes of eastern equatorial Africa. Being the narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's Expedition t.

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London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd. xvi 359pp hardback, red cloth gilt , illustrated and with folding map at rear, facsimile reprint of the second edition of 1887 . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 2nd Printing. 1968.

London: Frank Cass, 1968. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. Previous owners' name and date to the first blank. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise. . Hardback. Physically 8¾” x 5¾” (1.1 kg); In the Cass Library of African Studies series; Preface by Robert I. Rotberg; 3rd edition, 1st printing , first published 1885.Number 41 in the series. A Facsimile reprint of the 2nd edition of 1887, with a new introduction || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #192906|| Condition:

Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1885. Hardcover. Good. . 4th edition, 8vo. Olive cloth with gilt and black decoration. Ex-library copy with usual markings, from an uncirculating museum research library. Minor wear to the extrimities of the cover. Loose/torn hinges, pages shaken, minor foxing on the edges, tanned pages. Fold-out map in color with some minor tears, engraved frontis.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887. Bound in red half-leather with gilt titles to spine, marbled paper-covered boards, new endpapers. Includes repaired map folded to rear, map has some tape repairs and an area of 4x3 inch loss on edge. Occasional foxing and browning throughout, otherwise pages are clean and tidy.. Half - Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1885. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. good- (ex-library with expected marks, plus perforation stamps on title page and plates and ink stamps in front matter. the foldout color map has been torn many times and needs repair, and the "route map" appears to be missing. some soiling in margins throughout from readers. relatively new library binding has only minor wear). Blue library buckram. 583 pp. BW plates. One foldout map. Illustrations based on photographs from the expedition.

London : S. Low, Marston & co, 1887. New and revised edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands are worn. Text remains in fine condition. Previous owner's bookplate. Physical description; xvi, 364 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm. Subject; Africa, East Description and travel.

London, 1885. Fourth Edition. Frontispiece, illus. 2 folding maps at end, one neatly repaire. pp xii, [1]-583, 32,ads. 8vio. Bound in full modern green morocco, red leather title label. Fine. Fourth Edition. Frontispiece, illus. 2 folding maps at end, one neatly repaire. pp xii, [1]-583, 32,ads. 8vio. Thomson's famous and important account of his second expedition. Thomson's famous and important account of his second expedition, detailing his journey from Mombassa through British East Africa and Kenya. "One of the great African travel epics, this title details the author's trek from the coast toward Mt. Kilimanjaro, then through Masai Land. Near Lake Chala he bagged several rhinoceros and buffalo in close encounters, and buffalo again in the Lykipia Forest. One of the excellent engravings depicts Thomson thrown into the air by a charging bull. Near Lake Baringo, he collected a new species of gazelle newly christened with his name, and bagged elephant and buffalo. Handsomely illustrated." p164 Czech

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington., 1885 First Edition. xii,583 pp. Octavo. Bound in early 20th Century half morocco and cloth. Leather corners to match. Slight wear to the corners. Top edge gilt. Wonderful block print bookplate. Spine ruled in 6 compartments. Gilt decoration. Frontispiece. 59 engraved plates. Two folding maps which have been laid down on fine linen. A fine clean tight copy. Czech, p164. It details the author's journey from Mombassa through what was to become British East Africa and Kenya. The expedition was sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society, of which Thomson was a fellow. He was the first European to cross the hostile Masai land to the Victoria Nyanza, confirming Krapf's sighting of Mount Kenya. Uncommon in the UK first and a nice copy in a pretty binding. 1885

London, Sampson Low, 1885. . First edition, presentation copy from Thomson, 8vo, xii, 583 pp., frontispiece, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, 14 full-page, 2 coloured folding maps, original green cloth gilt ruled in black, pictorial gilt vignette to upper cover, neatly recased, a good copy. presentation copy on the half-title "to David McIntosh with the Author's Compliments. Lokoja. March 27th."David McIntosh was an agent of the National African Company, the major British trading company in West Africa, in the Niger Delta.The rare first edition. Thomson was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. He was the first European to enter several regions of eastern Africa and his writings are outstanding contributions to geographical knowledge, exceptional for their careful records and surveys. His motto is often quoted to be 'He who goes gently, goes safely; he who goes safely, goes far'.'In 1882 the Royal Geographical Society launched what was to be… Read More