Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, half-title, 13 engraved plates (one hand-coloured, browned), large folding map, advertisement leaf at end, modern half calf, 1818--CLAPPERTON (HUGH) Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa, from the Bight of Benin to Soccattoo, half-title, engraved portrait, plan and folding map (strengthed at folds on blank verso), contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt morocco spine labels [Ibrahim Hilmy I, p.136; Gay 337], 1829--RILEY (JAMES) Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815. With an Account of Tombuctoo, and the Hitherto Undiscovered Great City of Wassanah, folding engraved map (tear at one fold), bookplate of George Moore, contemporary diced calf gilt, rebacked in gilt-tooled calf [Sabin 71398], 1817, FIRST EDITIONS, 4to, John Murray (3)

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