Through the Dark Continent (2 vols.)
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1878. Cloth. Dark green pictorial embossed cloth cover, gilt lettering on front and spine. Title page has same date as copyright (1878).
Volume 1: Wear to extremities, foot of spine is missing endcap, spine cloth is a little wrinkled, front hinge starting to separate. Folded up map in pocket inside back cover. v-xiv, 1-522 pp.
Volume 2: Wear to extremities, wear to head and tail of spine, tiny tear on spine. Folded up map in pocket inside back cover.
vii-ix, 1-566pp. + 2 pages of book titles on African exploration published by Harper & Brothers.
Each book has frontispiece with tissue guard. Between the two volumes there (10) maps and (150) woodcuts. Vol. 1 has (16) full page woodcuts with tissue guards. Additionally, there was one full page illustration that was not listed and the tissue guard has 1/3 of it missing.
Vol. 2 has (18) full page illustrations with tissue guard. All maps are present. Good. Item #1373
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