First edition. 2 vols. Portraits, with 10 maps on 3 folding sheets & numerous half-tone plates, with further illustrations in the text. 8vo. Original cloth, gilt, the spines faded and a little rubbed. Small ownership stamps on endpapers. xv, 358; xi, 420pp. London, Edward Arnold, 1907.
“The author mounted an expedition to reach Lake Chad via the rivers Niger and Benue, then to seek a water route eastward to the Nile. Alexander provides great detail of the terrain and peoples he encountered…” (Czech). cf. Czech, p3 (New York edition).
