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New York: Horizon Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good . volume 1 of 2 only. Shelf wear, some staining to bottom page edges; wear to jacket tips, corners and edges, rubbing, front flap creased. First printing, no others noted. First of two volumes recounting the Burton-Speke expedition to locate Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika, the "Great Lakes" of Africa. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Horizon Press, 1961. hardcover. Good/Good. volume 2 only. shelf wear on the book and jacket. ex-library copy with stamps, scarring and some markings. pages are intact and presentable. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: Horizon Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. DJ has chipping, creasing, wear, and yellowing. ; Comes in 2 volumes, in a slipcase. .

New York: Horizon, 1961. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. Two volume reprint of Burtons 1860 account of his 1856-59 expedition to attempt to find the source of the Nile. Introduction by Alan Moorehead. 412 and 468 pages, index at end of vol. 2. 35 illustrations. Rust and green cloth boards, light orange top edges. Dust jackets with green spines, price on front flaps. Jackets have a couple of small tears, scrapes of the finish at top corner and a small chip.

New York: Horizon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. Green and rust cloth with gilt lettering, minor wear at spine ends, volume one has some scattered light foxing on spine, previous owner's name on rear endpaper. Volume one has a dust jacket with a crease in mid spine and crease on rear of jacket, minor rubbing. Volume 2 does not have a jacket. In a VG slipcase with light wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 412,468 pages .

Folio Society, 1994. ~Frontis, Folding map, 11 plates, and 23 woodcuts. With near fine slipcase. No ownership marks. No dustwrapper as issued. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. . 2nd printing. Hardcover. Fine. xxv, 604pp. illus. 25.5 x 18cm. Binding sound, text unmarked.

Folio Society, 1993T. hardcover. Very Good. Very good in very good slipcse HB Folio Society

London: The Folio Society, 1996 8vo. original pictorial cloth gilt (a couple of minor water spots to top edge, a few minor fleck marks to endpapers; lacks slipcase); pp. xxvi (last blank), 604, with 12 plates, 23 woodcuts in text & a loose folding map. A near fine copy.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. F-/No Slipcase.

NY:: Horizon Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Introduction by Alan Moorehead. First edition thus. Previous owner's book-plate on front free endpapers, light foxing to edges and endpapers, else both volumes are very good in very good dust jackets. Housed in a good (shelf worn and age darkened) slipcase. .

New York: Horizon Press, 1961 Good/Good. Reprint. Ex-Library. Large Octavo. In two volumes. Introduction by Alan Moorehead. Library markings: stamps on all edges and on front end sheets; pocket tears on rear end sheets; (non)discoloration of jacket spines from where labels were. Brown cloth boards; green cloth bindings; gilt and silver lettering. Texts are clean and bindings are tight. Minor edgewear to jackets; sunned jacket spines..

The Folio Society, London, 1998. 604 pp, tinted top edge and end-papers, b&w engraved plates, loose folding map, fine copy in illustrated, tan, cloth boards, with slipcase.

Folio Society, 1993-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 5.5957 cent in x 26.7796 cent in x 18.9856 cent in.

London: Folio Society 1998, 4th printing. (Hardcover in slipcase) 604pp. Near fine, no dust jacket. Illustrated tan cloth with gilt embellisnment. Frontispiece, illustrations, woodcut illustrations, folding map laid in, tables, appendices, notes. Originally published as The Lake Regions of Central Africa. Introduction by Ian Curteis. Locale: Nile River. (Travel, Voyages and Travels).

London: The Folio Society, 1993 8vo. original pictorial cloth gilt in slipcase (a trifle marked); pp. xxvi (last blank), 604, with 12 plates, 23 woodcuts in text & a loose folding map. A fine copy.. First Thus. Hard Cover. F/In Slipcase.

Horizon Press. New York 1961 facsimile edition (probably of the Longmans 1860 edition but not stated).. Both volumes heavily foxed to spine, 1.5cm tear to top of spine on Vol.2. no dustwrappers, no slipcase. save for minor pencil annots the contents are excellent.. Mango and duck-egg blue cloth boards. 412pp + 468pp illustrated 8vo. 1.7kg. Introduction by Alan Moorehead. Original illustrations.

New York: Horizon Press, 1961. First published in 1860, this is Burton's classic account of one of the greatest feats of 19th Century African exploration by the fascinating/adventuring polymath. Burton is always an engrossing read;, and this is considered by Alan Moorhead (who writes the Introduction here) to be his best-written book. These are Fine copies of a well-produced set of two volumes. Brick red cloth bindings with green cloth spines; titling on the spines in gilt and silver. Clean texts: xxiii, 412 pages; and vii, 468 pages, with Appendices and Index;. Reproduces the 35 illustrations of the original work.The dustjackets have minor edgewear; now in archival plastic protectors. With the set is the original slipcase; it is rubbed and has a closed tear on one bottom edge; still fully functional.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harper and Brothers, 1860. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, with some library markings. No DJ. Rebound, hinges taped. Binding is tight. Page foxing. 35 engravings. Large fold-out 'Map of the Routes between Zanzibar and The Great Lakes in Eastern Africa in 1857, 1858 and 1859'.

1860. Africa, Exploration. Harper and Bros./NY. Ex-library, but no pockets, no label on spine. Good+ brown cloth with minor scar on spine, 572p. Includes fold out map with small closed tear near hinge. Text is tight and clean

London, Longman, Green, 1860.. 2 vols. 8vo. xviii+412; and viii+468pp. 12 chromoxylograph plates, with woodcuts in the text. In recent red binders' cloth. Some internal 19th century library marking ( no external marks ) . The plates are complete and bright but the folding map is not present. A very good set. Images available.. First edition

London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. Fine Binding. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A finely bound copy of the first edition of this account of Richard Burton's tantalising nineteenth century explorations of the African Great Lakes. Charmingly illustrated, with chromoxylographs. In a smart half morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards. Richard Burton was a British explorer who was well known for his travels in Asia, Africa, and America. He translated an edition of 'One Thousand and One Nights', and published 'Kama Sutra' in English. He was critical of the colonial policies of the British Empire, and was also a captain in the army of the East India Company. His life and adventures were frequently written about in the penny dreadfuls of the time. This work is considered to be one of Richard Burton's best books. It follows his Royal Geographical Society funded expedition to Zanzibar to explore the 'inland sea' previously described by Arab traders. He was accompanied by John… Read More