‎BUDGE E.A. Wallis.-‎
‎The Nile.-‎

‎The Albert Nyanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources. - [THE DISCOVERY OF THE LAST GREAT SOURCE OF THE NILE]‎

‎London, Macmillan and Co. 1866. 8vo. 2 volumes, both in the original green pictoral cloth. Light wear to upper and lower part of spines. Front free end-paper in vol. 1 with repair and the large folded general map of the country (erroneously called for in vol. 2) reinforced in margin and with two small tears. A fine and clean set, housed in custom made red clam shell box. XXX, 395 IX, 384 pp. + double-portrait frontispiece in volume 1, lithograph frontispiece in volume 2, 2 maps (1 large folding), 13 full-page plates, 20 illustrations in text.‎

‎First edition of Baker's famous account of his discovery of the last great source of the Nile, Speke and Grant having established Lake Victoria Nyanza as the source of the White Nile and Bruce discovering the source of the Blue. The present work constitute one of the great travel narratives on African exploration. “First published in two illustrated volumes in 1866, this account of his most celebrated expedition is amongst the most important works of its type. Baker promises 'to take the reader by the hand, and lead him step by step … through scorching deserts and thirsty sands through swamp and jungle … until I bring him, faint with the wearying journey, to that high cliff … from which he shall look down upon the vast Albert Lake and drink with me from the sources of the Nile!' Volume 2 finds Baker a prisoner of a native king. Baker offers a number of 'gifts' to buy his release, and after an arduous journey, with his wife in a coma, in March 1864 he reaches Luta N'zige, which he renames in memory of Prince Albert. A compelling account of an historic adventure.” (Editor’s note to the facsimile reprint published by Cambridge University Press (2011)) Czech (Africa) p.10 Hilmy I p.50‎

‎Through the Dark Continent or the sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean. - [""ONE OF THE GREATEST JOURNEYS OF ALL TIME""]‎

‎London, Sampson Low, 1878. 8vo. 2 volumes, both in publisher’s original dark brown pictorially decorated cloth, with an elaborate pattern depicting the continent of Africa in black with the Nile crossing it in gilt. Below, also in black, a scene depicting natives roving on a river. Title and author in gilt lettering to front boards and spines. Light wear to extremities, mainly to upper and lower part of capitals. 3 cm tear to lower part of front hindge on vol. 2, otherwise fine and clean. XIV, (2), 522"" IX, 566, 32 (publisher's booklist, dated April 1878) pp. + 2 frontispiece portraits, 10 maps including 2 large folding maps in pockets at rear, 33 wood-engraved plates and many illustrations in the text.‎

‎First edition of this landmark account, ""One of the greatest journeys of all time"" (Jeal, Life of Stanley, p.202), on the search for the sources of the Nile. This epic journey, lasting for over two and a half years completed the work of Burton, Speke and Livingstone. ""The procession that departed from Bagamoyo (Tanzania) on 17 November 1874 stretched for more than half a mile and included dozens of men carrying sections of the Lady Alice, the boat named for his seventeen-year-old fiancée, with which Stanley intended to explore Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika and Livingstone's Lualaba River. During the next two and a half years, the expedition would struggle in temperatures reaching as high as 138 degrees" the powerful Emperor Mtesa of Uganda and the Wanyoro chief Mirambo would consume a great deal of Stanley's time and test his diplomatic skills he would have to negotiate with a notorious Arab ivory and slave trader named Tippu-Tib for safe passage of his men through the great rain forest" and he and his men would fight more than thirty skirmishes and battles on land and water against hostile tribes.The geographic prizes Stanley achieved on this expedition were unparalleled. (See the two Stanley maps.) He spent almost two months circumnavigating Lake Victoria, confirming that the only outlet was at Ripon Falls and hence establishing for good, he thought, the source of the Nile. He scouted Lake Albert, then moved south and west to Lake Tanganyika, which he also circumnavigated, proving it had no connection with Lake Albert. Stanley then solved the remaining geographical puzzle, determining that the Lualaba was not part of the Niger or Nile rivers but ultimately flowed into the Congo. He reached the Atlantic Ocean on 9 August 1877, after a journey of more than seven thousand miles, in utter exhaustion. Back in London, he learned that Alice had not waited for him."" (Delaney, Princeton Visual Materials, online). Mansell IV p. 379 Hilmy, II, p.258 Mendelssohn (1979) IV, p.379.‎

‎Cooks tourists handbook for Egypt the Nile and the Desert 1897 Cook Tourist Guide for Egypt the Nile and the Desert.‎

‎Cooks tourists handbook for Egypt the Nile and the Desert 1897 Cook Tourist Guide for Egypt the Nile and the Desert. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)./Cooks tourists handbook forEgypt the Nile and the DesertSpravochnik Kuka dlya turistov po Egiptu Nilu i pustyne na 1897 god). London: Thomas Cook Son 1897. 440s. SKUalb74e7168c19a78b42.‎

‎Hanga on the Nile A Khanga on the River Nile. ‎

‎Hanga on the Nile A Khanga on the River Nile. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Khanga na reke Nil A Khanga on the River Nile. Drawing by G. Fitz Clarence etched by R. Havell. Aquatint original coloring of the time of publication. London: John Murray 1819. Sheet 207x272 mm. SKUalb11910986e03a9b7d.‎

‎Budge Sir E. A. Wallis Budge Sir E. A. Wallis. The Nile: Notes for Travellers ‎

‎Budge Sir E. A. Wallis Budge Sir E. A. Wallis. The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt (1897). In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/Budge Sir E. A. WallisBadzh ser E. A. Uollis. The Nile: Notes for Travellers in Egypt Nil: Zametki dlya puteshestvennikov po Egiptu (1897). London travel firm of Thomas Cook and Son 1897 xxvi 674 S.Pb.cards. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb50884812d8ad3a6e‎