Through Masai land: a journey of exploration among the snowclad volcanic mountains and strange tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa, being the narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's expedition to Mount Kenia and Lake Victoria Nyanza, 1883-1884
Through Masai land: a journey of exploration among the snowclad volcanic mountains and strange tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa, being the narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's expedition to Mount Kenia and Lake Victoria Nyanza, 1883-1884.
`This magisterial work by Rorem will serve excellently anyone who is interested in knowing better a major molder of Christian thought.' Religious Studies Review, Vol 19, No 4/ Ocotober 1993
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`This magisterial work by Rorem will serve excellently anyone who is interested in knowing better a major molder of Christian thought.' Religious Studies Review, Vol 19, No 4/ Ocotober 1993
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Add this copy of Through Masai Land: a Journey of Exploration Among the to cart. $100.22, very good condition, Sold by Kenya Books - Kenya & Africa rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brighton, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1887 by Sampson Low.
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Very Good. 16 + 364pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue. Publisher's original embossed green boards with gilt titles and gilt vignette of buffalo horns. New and Revised edition, published within two years of the first edition. Recased, new end-papers, tight and unmarked. Lacks map, some slight foxing esp. prelims, spine has some old sellotape marks, else VG. L17.
Add this copy of Through Masai Land: a Journey of Exploration Among the to cart. $163.24, good condition, Sold by Bookcase rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Carlisle, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1887 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington.
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Good. No Jacket. 8vo. Bound in red half-leather with gilt titles to spine, marbled paper-covered boards, new endpapers. Includes repaired map folded to rear, map has some tape repairs and an area of 4x3 inch loss on edge. Occasional foxing and browning throughout, otherwise pages are clean and tidy.
Add this copy of Through Masai Land: a Journey of Exploration Among the to cart. $382.20, fair condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1885 by Houghton, Mifflin, and Company.
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Good-(ex-library with expected marks, plus perforation stamps on title page and plates and ink stamps in front matter. the foldout color map has been torn many times and needs repair, and the "route map" appears to be missing. some soiling in margins... Blue library buckram. 583 pp. BW plates. One foldout map. Illustrations based on photographs from the expedition.
Add this copy of Through Masai Land: a Journey of Exploration Among the to cart. $2,253.00, like new condition, Sold by Aquila Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Calgary, AB, CANADA, published 1885 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington.
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xii, 583 pp. Octavo. Bound in early 20th Century half morocco and cloth. Leather corners to match. Slight wear to the corners. Top edge gilt. Wonderful block print bookplate. Spine ruled in 6 compartments. Gilt decoration. Frontispiece. 59 engraved plates. Two folding maps which have been laid down on fine linen. A fine clean tight copy. Czech, p164. It details the author's journey from Mombassa through what was to become British East Africa and Kenya. The expedition was sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society, of which Thomson was a fellow. He was the first European to cross the hostile Masai land to the Victoria Nyanza, confirming Krapf's sighting of Mount Kenya. Uncommon in the UK first and a nice copy in a pretty binding.
