- Collected Works from the Royal Geographical Society

Not Stated, Royal Geographical Society, 1915-17. Cloth. A scarce collection comprising works published by the Royal Geographical Society relating to Africa, its politics and geography. Comprising numerous volumes published for the Geographical Journal between 1915 and 1917. These volumes relate to Africa primarily, and explore climate, rivers, borders and politics.Printed by the Royal Geographical Society, which was founded in 1830 with the intention of furthering geographical sciences.With the ownership bookplate of Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, a member of the Nimrod Expedition to Antarctica led by Ernest Shackleton. He was awarded the Silver Polar Medal in 1909, and was due to join Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914, but was deployed to Flanders instead.Illustrated with eight folding maps.A scarce collection of works regarding African geography as it was in the early twentieth century. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some general wear to the boards, a little bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Ownership bookplate, pencil inscription and stamp to the front pastedown and endpaper. Internally, firmly bound, bar a little straining at page 216. Pages are spotted to the edges. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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