inscribed by the author to his mother

Inscribed 'To my dearest Mother', dated 8 December 1864.

One of the scarcest Nile accounts and a monumental work of exploration, James Grant travelled with Speke from Zanzibar to the source of the Nile at Lake Victoria, naming Ripon Falls. The book was issued in various coloured cloths, the cream is the scarcest and most desirable. This early issue without the engraved portrait found in some later copies.

First edition; 8vo; inscribed by Grant to his mother; xviii, 452, 33 pp.; large folding map hand-coloured in outline in pocket at end original cream cloth gilt, stamp of a tribesman with spear and shield to upper cover in black, inner joints repaired, a few marks to cloth, a very good copy.

Czech p66.