KINGSLEY, Mary Henrietta. - Travels in West Africa. Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons. 2nd edition, abridged.

London, Macmilland and Co., 1898. Original cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With photographic illustrations and plates. XX,541 pp. First published in 1897. - 'This is arguably the best-known of all books by Victorian and Edwardian women travellers. She travelled in the forests of Africa dressed much as she would have done at home' (Theakstone p.153). 'The author made an ascent of Mount Cameroon by a new route in 1895, during the course of an enterprising expedition, vividly described in her book' (Neate K26). 'The two travel accounts she produced were immediate best sellers, both for their serious scientific content and their exuberant raciness. They are masterpieces' (Robinson p.138). Hess-Coger 5571.

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