From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa from South to North
Author:
GROGAN, EWART S & SHARP, ARTHUR H & McCORMICK, A D (Illus)
Title:
From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa from South to North
Publisher:
Hurst and Blackett 1900
Description:
Imperial octavo, illus brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black & white lettering & illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 377pp, folding map to rear, G+ (v heavy scuffing/cracking & fraying to spine & board edges, som eminor loss to spine extrems, light wrinkling & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, presenteation plate & ex-libris plate to front eps, heavy cracking to front gutter with tidy tape reinforcement, sm patches of glue staining to ffep & rear eps, minor foxing throughout, heavy cracking to central gutter)
Keywords:
exploration adventure Africa historical Egypt travel writing literature