James Place Introduction (2 results)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1960
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. The World's Classics, no. 572. Oxford University Press, 1960; "first published." stated, same date on title and copyright pages, no additional printings indicated; xxii, [3], 356pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very mild shelfwear to blue clot…h boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; maps and text very good, a few pages creased at bottom outer corner. Light wear to edges of unclipped (8s. 6d. net) dust jacket, mild dust smudging to edges and rear panel; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
East African Explorers (The World's Classics series, No. 572)
Richards, Charles; Place, James (selectors and introduction)
Published by Oxford University Press, London, UK, 1960
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- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Thus. First thus, first printing (first World's Classics edition). xvi, 356pp including a double spread map. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 16mo. Cloth very slightly pushed at spine ends and corners. Text block edges a little toned…. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper, a little dust marked and rubbed at edges, gently sunned over spine, slightly shelf worn. No. 572 in the World's Classics series. The travellers who explored East Africa - missionaries, officials, traders and hunters - created a remarkable literature about the country and its peoples. The story of East African exploration is dominated by the search for the source of the Nile and the discovery of the Great Lakes, while Stanley's search for Livingstone and their meeting is one of the most famous episodes in exploration history This selection includes extracts from the writings of Livingstone and Stanley, Burton, Speke, Grant, Charles New, and others.
