Author: Boyd Alexander; Herbert Alexander
Title: Boyd Alexander&Apos;S Last Journey
Description: London, Edward Arnold, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The harrowing diary of Lieutenant Boyd Alexander's last journey through Africa, illustrated throughout and including a memoir by his brother, Herbert Alexander. The harrowing diary of Lieutenant Boyd Alexander's last expedition through Africa, which began in Victoria and continued on the Cameroon coast, through Nyeri and French Equatorial Africa. This journey ended with a dispute with a local tribe near Wadai and Nyeri, resulting in Alexander's death. His body was later recovered by French soldiers. The first edition of this work. Including a memoir by Boyd Alexander's brother, Herbert Alexander. Illustrated with thirty-three plates and two folding maps, one of which is folding. Collated and complete. Containing a contemporary ink gift inscription to the front free-endpaper, dated 1918. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some shelf wear to the boards and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Light fading to the spine and extremities. Containing a contemporary ink gift inscription to the front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Instances of light spotting to the pages, which are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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