FOLIO SOCIETY TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA Mary Kingsley NEW SEALED

Description: Folio Society - TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA by Mary Kingsley ‘When you have made up your mind to go to West Africa’ wrote a friend to the 30-year-old Mary Kingsley in 1893, ‘the very best thing you can do is get it unmade again’. Undeterred, she embarked for one of the least explored and most dangerous regions in the world, knowing neither French nor any African languages, having no experience of travel or physical exertion and no contacts. Her avowed intention was to continue her late father’s studies by collecting specimens. She travelled alone, finding hospitality with missionaries, traders and villagers (once by falling through the roof of a hut), and she did in fact bring back several new species of fish, including Brycinus Kingsleyae, which was named after her. The Royal Africa Society was later founded in her memory. In her extremely funny account of her travels, the pleasure and delight Kingsley took in Africa itself stand out. Whether she is battling crocodiles who wish to clamber into her canoe, falling into hunting traps and being saved only by her voluminous petticoats, or scratching a hippo with her umbrella, her enthusiasm is infectious, her light-hearted dismissal of dangers and discomforts a pleasure to read and her sympathy and admiration for those she meets, salutary. The forerunner of writers like Eric Newby, Redmond O’Hanlon and Bill Bryson, Mary Kingsley is as inspiring now as ever. DESCRIPTION: - Introduced by Sara Wheeler. Bound in cloth, printed with a design by Neil Gower. Set in Bulmer. 288 pages; 12 pages of black & white illustrations. Book size: 91/2” x 61/4” CONDITION: Book is NEW and SEALED in the publisher’s original SHRINK WRAP (see photos). Postage will be by Royal Mail Tracked 48 service costing £3.95 All items are sent at cost price whether purchasing a single or multiple items. Due to size, weight and value considerations it is not possible to accurately calculate combined postage automatically. Always feel free to ask or if purchases require immediate payment I will refund any difference. All items must be sent to the address stipulated during the payment process. All items are sent via recorded delivery unless they are of little monetary value. Virtually all my items are available through the global shipping program (GSP) to designated countries outside the UK. Please note I have no control over international postage costs. I do not set these, eBay's GSP does, I send the items to an address in the UK and am not even aware of the country for which they are destined. Items purchased through the GSP must be sent via the GSP shipping centre. For multiple purchases, I cannot combine postage after items are purchased but if you contact me before buying I can try combining multiple items into a single listing which is usually less expensive. Please ask any questions before buying

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