ALLEN, WILLIAM; THOMSON, T R H - A Narrative of the Expedition Sent by Her Majesty's Government to the River Niger in 1841. 2 Volume Set

London: Richard Bentley, 1848. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xviii, 509pp; viii, 511pp. 18 plates, and woodcuts including 3 maps, one in colour and two folding.. Worn condition. Covers rubbed and faded with splits and reinforcement to hinges. Spines browned with chipping to ends. Inner hinge cracking. Some foxing and browning; more prominent on plates. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. Blind stamp to early pages and sporadically to content of volume 1. Top corner of page 395 missing in volume 2; impinging on text .

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