ALEXANDER, BOYD, Lieutenant [and TALBOT, PERCY A.]. From the Niger to the Nile. London: Edward Arnold, 1907. First edition. Two volumes, original red cloth. 9 x 6 7/8 inches (23 x 17 cm); xv, [1], 358; xi, [1], 420; frontispieces in each volume, 3 folding maps printed in color, 42 plates largely from photographs, plus numerous illustrations in the text. An unusually bright set of this heavy work, though with some speckling to the fore-edge, but internally fresh. The account of the expedition conducted by Lieutenant Alexander and Captain Gosling, which included a crossing of Lake Chad (and indeed most of the other navigable waters along their route). They hunted lion, hippo, okapi etc. Gosling died of fever during the expedition. Czech (Africa) pp. 3-4. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
ALEXANDER, BOYD, Lieutenant [and TALBOT, PERCY A.]. From the Niger to the Nile. London: Edward Arnold, 1907. First edition. Two volumes, original red cloth. 9 x 6 7/8 inches (23 x 17 cm); xv, [1], 358; xi, [1], 420; frontispieces in each volume, 3 folding maps printed in color, 42 plates largely from photographs, plus numerous illustrations in the text. An unusually bright set of this heavy work, though with some speckling to the fore-edge, but internally fresh. The account of the expedition conducted by Lieutenant Alexander and Captain Gosling, which included a crossing of Lake Chad (and indeed most of the other navigable waters along their route). They hunted lion, hippo, okapi etc. Gosling died of fever during the expedition. Czech (Africa) pp. 3-4. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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