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MUNGO PARK’S JOURNAL & THE NARRATIVE OF ROBERT ADAMS BOUND IN ONE VOLUME
MUNGO PARK’S JOURNAL & THE NARRATIVE OF ROBERT ADAMS BOUND IN ONE VOLUME
4to, two books bound into one, rebound with original contemporary morocco of front and back boards laid down, new eps, cord at head cap loose
Mungo Park
THE JOURNAL OF A MISSION TO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA IN THE YEAR 1805 TOGETHER WITH OTHER DOCUMENTS, OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE, RELATING OT THE SAME MISSION TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MR PARK
London: John Murray, 1815
FIRST EDITION, [vi] + [2] + xcviii + [i] – xxvii + [ci] – cxxx + [1] + 219pp, 1 folding map, 6 pages with damp mark in top outer corner, three pages with tear in margins, map lightly age toned with offsetting
THE NARRATIVE OF ROBERT ADAMS, A SAILOR, WHO WAS WRECKED ON THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA, IN THE YEAR 1810, WAS DETAINED THREE YEARS IN SLAVERY BY THE ARABS OF THE GREAT DESERT, AND RESIDED SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE CITY OF TOMBUCTOO
London: John Murray, 1816
FIRST EDITION, xxxix + 231 pp, one folding map, light foxing, 9 pages with brown mark in top of gutter, hinge cracked in one place, map with 3cm tear at hinge and offsetting
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Jürgen Witt Collection
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