(Classics of Exploration.) Facsimile of the first edition of 1872. 8vo. xxiii, [ii], 736pp, frontispiece sepia author portrait, 28 full-page engraved illustrations, 26 smaller illustrations, 6 maps (3 folding coloured, 1 folding black & white, one full page black & white, one in text black & white). Faux leather with simile spine labels and raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. A very good clean copy.