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Title: Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the Late Dr. Oudney. Extending Across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and From Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Felatah Empire Author: Denham, Dixon and Hugh Clapperton Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1826 Description: Two volumes in one. xlviii (i.e.. lxviii), 335; [iv], 269, [3] pp. Illustrated with 35 engraved plates, including frontispiece, 1 hand-colored lithograph, and 1 folding engraved map. (4to) 27x21.5 cm (10¾x8½"), modern brown half morocco and marbled boards, gilt-lettered label. First Edition. The accounts of Denham and Clapperton of their important explorations in Africa; by the time of this publication Clapperton had left on his second (and last) journey into the African interior, but he left his journal to be prepared for the press. Lot Amendments Condition: A few holes in front flyleaf, frontispiece with some staining, foxing within, heavier to plates; folding map foxed and with irregular creasing; very good in a fine modern binding. Item number: 253316