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Lot 691 · Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part 2, D-J

the kilima-njaro expedition. a record of scientific exploration in eastern equatorial africa. london: kegan paul, trench, and co., 1886

Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston

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Estimate
£400–£500 hammer ≈ $648–$809
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part 2, D-J, London · 30 September 2014
Dimensions
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (222 x 135mm.) xvi, 572pp., 6 maps [2 in the text, 3 coloured, including 2 folding], 14 plates [1 photogravure], original pictorial red cloth, black endpapers, slipcase
Record ID
TB-2026-4285795
Record
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Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, the kilima-njaro expedition. a record of scientific exploration in eastern equatorial africa. london: kegan paul, trench, and co., 1886. Sotheby's, 30 Sep 2014, lot 691. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4285795.

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Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, the kilima-njaro expedition. a record of scientific exploration in eastern equatorial africa. london: kegan paul, trench, and co., 1886. Sotheby's, 30 Sep 2014, lot 691. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4285795.

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