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Through the Heart of Africa: Being an Account of a Journey on Bicycles and on Foot from Northern Rhodesia, past the Great Lakes, to Egypt, undertaken when Proceeding Home on Leave in 1910
Frank H. Melland; Edward H. Cholmeley
1912
Constable and Company Ltd. : London
9" by 6.5"
xvii, 305pp.
SUMMARY
A smart first edition of Melland and Cholmeleys account of their voyage through Africa on bicycles.
First Edition,Folding Plates,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs1 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage:£ 22.99
EU Postage: £ 16.99
European Postage: £ 17.99
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DESCRIPTION
First edition.
With the inscription "from the authors family."
Illustrated throughout with frontispiece, forty-five plates, and one folding map. Collated complete.
Frank Melland and Edward Cholmeleys account of their 1910 journey through Northern Rhodesia, past the Great Lakes, and to Egypt, undertaken on bicycles and on foot.
Written by Frank Hulme Melland and Edmund H. Cholmeley.
Previously held in the library of David Walter Phillipson, a British archaeologist specializing in African archaeology.
CONDITION
In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Discolouration to the spine. A couple of small marks to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper and pastedown. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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