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Grant, James Augustus
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description
- A Walk across Africa or domestic scenes from my Nile journal. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864
- PAPER
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (222 x 140mm.), xviii, 454pp., half title, folding map in pocket at rear, early ownership inscriptions on half-title and title, original pictorial green pebble-grained green cloth gilt, brown endpapers, slipcase, map somewhat browned
“In 1852 Grant had spent some time shooting tigers with his friend and fellow Indian army officer, John Hanning Speke, who in 1859 invited his companion to join the Royal Geographical Society Nile expedition. Speke hoped to prove his contention that Lake Victoria, which he had discovered in 1858, was the source of the Nile. The two explorers and their porters now embarked on the ‘long walk’ on which Palmerston was later to remark and so provide Grant with the title of his book, A Walk across Africa” (ODNB).
“In 1852 Grant had spent some time shooting tigers with his friend and fellow Indian army officer, John Hanning Speke, who in 1859 invited his companion to join the Royal Geographical Society Nile expedition. Speke hoped to prove his contention that Lake Victoria, which he had discovered in 1858, was the source of the Nile. The two explorers and their porters now embarked on the ‘long walk’ on which Palmerston was later to remark and so provide Grant with the title of his book, A Walk across Africa” (ODNB).
Provenance
John Donaldson, ownership inscription on half-title; M.A. Clarke, Achareidh, Nairn, pencil inscription on title, and inkstamp on dedication leaf
Condition
A good copy
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."