Lot 276
Africa.- Petherick (John) Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, 1st ed., cont. half calf, 1861 & others, Central Africa (8)
Hammer Price: £300
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Africa.- Petherick (John) Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, first edition, folding map, one leaf torn, upper hinge split, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper joint split, 1861 § Long (Col. C. Chaillé) Central Africa: Naked Truths of Naked People, first American edition, portrait, folding map, lightly browned, a good copy, New York, 1877 § Pinto (Maj. Serpa) How I Crossed Africa, 2 vol., first American edition, maps, some folding, one in pocket at end, ex-library copy with traces of labels to pastedowns and spines, Philadelphia, 1881 § Elliott (G.F.Scott) A Naturalist in Mid-Africa, first edition, 4 maps, 3 folding, 1896 § Decle (Lionel) Three Years in Savage Africa, first edition, 5 maps, some folding, some spotting, 1898, the last three with plates and illustrations, all but the first original pictorial cloth, some gilt, the last three rubbed; and 2 others, Central Africa, 8vo (8)
Description
Africa.- Petherick (John) Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, first edition, folding map, one leaf torn, upper hinge split, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper joint split, 1861 § Long (Col. C. Chaillé) Central Africa: Naked Truths of Naked People, first American edition, portrait, folding map, lightly browned, a good copy, New York, 1877 § Pinto (Maj. Serpa) How I Crossed Africa, 2 vol., first American edition, maps, some folding, one in pocket at end, ex-library copy with traces of labels to pastedowns and spines, Philadelphia, 1881 § Elliott (G.F.Scott) A Naturalist in Mid-Africa, first edition, 4 maps, 3 folding, 1896 § Decle (Lionel) Three Years in Savage Africa, first edition, 5 maps, some folding, some spotting, 1898, the last three with plates and illustrations, all but the first original pictorial cloth, some gilt, the last three rubbed; and 2 others, Central Africa, 8vo (8)