ISBN10: 0486424901, ISBN13: 9780486424903, [publisher: Dover Publications, Mineola, NY] Softcover ".A sheltered Victorian spinster, she traded her mundane middle-class existence for an incredible expedition in the Congo. The undaunted Englishwoman traversed uncharted regions of West Africa alone, on foot, collecting specimens of local fauna and trading with the natives - a remarkable feat in any era, but particularly so for a woman of the 1890s." Illustrated. xvi + 743 pages with index. Book is in VErY GOOD condition. Paper wrappers. [Seaford, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
ISBN10: 0486424901, ISBN13: 9780486424903, [publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated] Softcover edge and corner wear. upper corner of ffep is clipped. dog eared pages throughout first quarter of text. text is unmarked. binding tight. [Eugene, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
Printed wraps. 270pp. No inscriptions. VG condition. The classic account of one woman's epic and eccentric journey up the Congo River in the 1890s. Mary Kingsley's travels were not remarkable for any geographical discoveries, rather they were so because she had been a sheltered Victorian spinster suddenly set to travelling into regions that were unhealthy, primitive, and the preserve of known cannibals. Unprotected, scarcely prepared, travelling alone and on foot, she survived her two journeys, 1893 & 1894-5, only to succumb to enteric fever while nursing boer prisoners of war in 1900. isbn: 9781842121108 Orion London. 2000 abridged edition. Facsimile of the original 1897 edition. [, ZA]
Near Fine. First Edition. Paperback; First Printing. ...; ...; Trade Paperback. Light Shelf wear, corners bumped. Clean and tight. Dover Publications, 2003. 1st Edition/1st Printing. A Near Fine Softcover. Packed carefully and shipped promptly. . ISBN 0486424901 [US]
Edited and introduced by Elspeth Huxley. 276pp, b&w photographs, endpaper maps. Pictorial cloth, with the slipcase. A fine clean copy. Folio Society London 1976 [, AU]
hardback in decorated cloth As New octavo xxv + 260pp., frontis., b/w plates, ep maps, Lovely copy in slightly worn slip-case as issued Folio Society London 2007 1st ed. thus [, AU]
Illustrated boards in slip case, xxv/260pp, b&w plates. Light wear to slip case; fine. Upon her sudden freedom from family obligations (with the deaths of her parents), Mary Kinglsey, a sheltered Victorian spinster (some may say an eccentric), traded her stifling middle-class existence for an incredible expedition in the Congo. Mary Kingsley traversed uncharted regions of West Africa alone, on foot, collecting specimens of local fauna and trading with natives - a remarkable feat in any era, but particularly for a woman of the 1890s. After hacking her way through jungles, being fired upon by hostile tribesmen and attacked by wild animals, Kingsley emerged with no complaint more serious than a pair of tired feet. She undertook her exploits in the traditional garb (black in respect of her dead parents) of her era but lived as a native, and she found herself drawn into the life and problems of the region: its diversity of customs and beliefs; its geography and natural history; its trade network; the impact of missionaries; and many other issues of the day. Her account of her experiences, suffused with an infectious good humor, was published to immediate success in 1897 and remains a compelling tale of adventure. The Folio Society London 2007. [, AU]
orig. decorated cloth Nice copy tall octavo 276pp., frontis., b/w pls., ep mas, In slip-case as issued The Folio Society London 1976 1st edition thus [, AU]
Second Edition Abridged. Very good indeed in the original red cloth gilt. Macmillan & Co. 1900 [, ZA]
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