[Item #61206] Travels and Researches Among the Lakes and Mountains of Eastern & Central Africa. AFRICA, Frederic ELTON, H. B. Cotterill, MOZAMBIQUE.

Travels and Researches Among the Lakes and Mountains of Eastern & Central Africa

London: John Murray, 1879. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Full green calf, gilt and blind rules along board edges, spine stamped in gilt, titled on brown spine label; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers; xxii,[418]pp; 3 maps (1 with color), frontispiece and 10 relief plates with tissue guards, additional in-text illustrations. Bookplate of the Earls of Derby. Bright and sound, mild edge rubbing, spine dry and rubbed, one tissue guard lacking, else Very Good or better.

"The British consul to Mozambique, Elton spent considerable time fighting the slave trade in the region. He explored the region around Lake Nyassa and enjoyed considerable sport...During his return to the coast, he contracted fever and died. His journals were arranged, edited and completed by his hunting companion, H. B. Cotterill." CZECH p.55.

Price: $800.00

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