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Title: The Search for the Source of the Nile: Correspondence between Captain Richard Burton, Captain John Speke and others, from Burton's unpublished East African Letter Book; together with other related letters and papers in the collection of Quentin Keynes, Esq. now printed for the first time
Author: Burton, Richard F., John Hanning Speke, et al.
Description: Edited, with a Biographical Commentary, by Donald Young; and with a Preface by Quentin Keynes. xxxi, 207, [1] pp. Tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Burton from a photograph; inserted facsimile of letter from Speke to Burton with Burton's reply; folding map. 10x6, green cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Limited Edition, designed by David Colvin at the Cypher Press.
Heading: zziPlace Published: London
Publisher: The Roxburghe Club
Date Published: 1999