By Frank H. Melland; Edward H. Cholmeley
London   Constable & Company LTD
9" by 6.5" [8], ix-xvii, [2], 2-305, [2pp]
The first edition of this entertaining illustrated account of Melland and Cholmeley's account of their voyage through Africa on bicycle.
By Frank H. Melland; Edward H. Cholmeley

1912 Through the Heart of Africa

London   Constable & Company LTD
9" by 6.5" [8], ix-xvii, [2], 2-305, [2pp]
The first edition of this entertaining illustrated account of Melland and Cholmeley's account of their voyage through Africa on bicycle.
£125.00
: 1kgs / : 787P8

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Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of this work.

Frank Melland and Edward Cholmeley's account of their 1910 journey through Northern Rhodesia, past the Great Lakes, and to Egypt, undertaken on bicycles and on foot. An entertaining account.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and forty-five plates.

Collated, complete.

Two pages of adverts to the rear.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with a damp stain to the front board. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Prize label to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd handling marks.

Good

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