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Apr. 21, 2022
Africa.- Niger River.- Lander (Richard Lemon) & John Lander. Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger; With a Narrative of a Voyage Down That River to Its â¦
Est: £150 - £200
Africa.- Niger River.- Lander (Richard Lemon) & John Lander. Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger; With a Narrative of a Voyage Down That River to Its Termination, 3 vol., second edition, engraved frontispieces, 4 plates and 2 maps (1 folding, tear repaired), slightly browned, some slight foxing, contemporary calf prize binding, gilt, edges rubbed and faded, gilt spines, faded, 12mo, 1833. ⁂ In 1830 Richard Lander led an expedition in the company of his younger brother, John, to explore the course and termination of the Niger river; despite being robbed and imprisoned, the Landers succeeded in penetrating further than Mungo Park, past Bussa to Yaoorie. Richard, for his role in the expedition, received the first ever gold medal from the Royal Geographical Society and John Murray offered the brothers one thousand guineas to publish their journals.
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Oct. 14, 2021
Africa.- Lander (Richard) Records of Captain Clapperton's Last Expedition to Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 1830; and others similar (4)
Est: £200 - £300
Africa.- Lander (Richard) Records of Captain Clapperton's Last Expedition to Africa, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, illustrations, scattered spotting, faint damp-staining to first few leaves (vol. 1), bookplate, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1830 § Maundrell (Henry) A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at East A.D. 1697, engraved vignette title, 15 engraved plates, 9 folding, illustrations, very faint marginal staining to last few leaves, small marginal hole (G1), abrasion mark to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1732; and another on St. Helena, 8vo (4)
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