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First British edition. 2 vols. Large 8vo. xxi, 376; xvi, 347pp. With 4 folding maps, 60 full-page photographic plates, over 150 illustrations, coloured plates, four maps & large map in rear pocket. Publisher's decorated red cloth in alligator texture. A beautiful fine set in the very rare publisher's white dust jackets printed in red, probably unique survivors. Jackets mostly complete with loss mainly to upper spine areas, especially on vol. 2, and adjacent upper board areas, especially vol. 1. From the celebrated Morris-Levin collection of publishers' bindings. Rare to find jackets on 19th-century works of Travel & Exploration.
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Ten Years in Equatoria and the Return with Emin Pasha [in rare DUST JACKETS]
by Casati, Gaetano (Maj.)
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The Mirror of the Sea [in rare dust jacket]
by Joseph Conrad
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First edition, second state with larger anchor device. Binding fine, jacket neatly split at front upper fold, some perimter chipping but essentially complete. About 2/3 of text pages have old L-shaped water stain at lower outer corner, not affecting text, binding or jacket. Blurb about Conrad on front jacket panel; ad for Nostromo on rear jacket flap. No jacketed copies of either the British or American first editions are recorded in auction records or in the Seeger sale. Very rare.
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