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SPEKE, John Hanning (1827-1864). Journal of the Discovery of the source of the Nile. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1863. 8° (224 x 140mm). 34pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Speke, engraved portrait of Grant, 2 maps, one printed in two colours, one folding in pocket at end, hand-coloured in outline with route marked in red), 24 wood-engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations. (Folding map with tears to folds.) Original brown cloth, blocked in gilt and blind (recased, inner hinges repaired). Provenance : title inscribed 'With the Publisher's Compliments'. FIRST EDITION. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY. John Hanning SPEKE. Journal of the Discovery of the source of the Nile. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1864. 8° (222 x 143mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Speke, engraved portrait of Grant, 1 folding map, hand-coloured in outline with route marked in red, 24 wood-engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations. (Small repaired tear to folding map.) Original green cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in black and gilt (head and foot of spine slightly bumped.) Provenance : Ernest E. Testi (bookplate). A FINE COPY OF THE SECOND EDITON. John Hanning SPEKE. What led to the discovery of the source of the Nile. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1864. 8° (221 x 143mm). 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Wood-engraved frontispiece, 2 maps (1 folding, 1 double-page with route marked in red). Original brown cloth blocked in gilt and blind (extremities bumped, spine slightly soiled). Provenance : 'Presented by the publishers' inkstamp on title. FIRST EDITION. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY. And six other works in seven volumes and two ephemeral items, all by or on Speke (A 2pp. letterpress flyer on blue paper [215 x 133mm.], titled Speke Memorial and listing the individuals and the amount they subscribed for the erecting of a monument, [no date but ?1864]; A preliminary report [marked 'For consideration' at the head of the first page] for the ?R.G.S., concerning Speke and Grant's expedition to discover the source of the Nile, [no date but circa 1863], 14pp. Stitched; A compilation of Speke's articles published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine titled 'Journal of a cruise on the Tanganyika Lake, Central Africa'. Edinburgh & London: 1859. 8°, 72pp. Modern calf-backed marbled boards; J.H. SPEKE. Journal of the Discovery of the source of the Nile. Edinburgh & London: 1864. 8°. Cloth. Sceond edition, ?early issue binding; Journal of the Discovery of the source of the Nile . New York: 1864. 8°. Cloth. First U.S. edition; Die Entdeckung der Nilquellen. Leipzig: 1864. 2 volumes, 8°. Morocco-backed cloth, covers blocked with the gilt arms of King George V of Hanover. First edition in German; Les Sources du Nil. Paris: 1864. 8°. Morocco-backed cloth. First edition in French; G.C. SWAYNE [compilor]. Lake Victoria A narrative of explorations... compiled from the memoirs of... Speke and Grant . Edinburgh & London: [no date]. Small 8°. Green cloth). (12)