MODERN REPRINT. London, 1891, 1st edition. quarto, pictorial cloth, 404 p., chromolithographed frontispiece, 3 folding colored maps, 8 original mounted photograph plates, 12 photogravure plates, and 19 figures. Complete as issued. The most important book on mountaineering in Africa. New Paperback.
It documents the first undisputed ascent of Kibo Peak, the highest point in Africa. Mount Kilimanjaro has two peaks, Kibo and Mawenzi; this handsome volume details the undisputed first ascent of Kibo, the higher of the two peaks.