Mungo Park Travels Interior Africa Folio Society 1989 Illustrated Slipcase
 
Title & Bibliographic Details
 
Title: Travels in the Interior of Africa
Author: Mungo Park
Introduction & Epilogue by: John Keay
Publisher: The Folio Society Ltd
Edition: Third Impression, 1989
Original Work First Published: 1799
Text Source: Based on the 1860 edition published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh
Printer: Jolly & Barber Ltd, Rugby
Binding: The Bath Press Ltd, Avon
Printed in: Great Britain
 
A beautifully produced Folio Society edition of Mungo Park’s celebrated African travel narrative, presented in its original slipcase and illustrated throughout.
 
Historical & Bibliographic Context
 
Mungo Park remains one of the most important European explorers associated with West Africa during the late eighteenth century. His Travels in the Interior of Africa documents his pioneering journey into regions of the Niger River previously little known to European readers.
 
First published in 1799, the work became one of the great classic travel narratives of the Georgian era, combining exploration, ethnographic observation, geography, and personal survival narrative. Park’s writing profoundly shaped British understanding of West Africa during the age of exploration.
 
This Folio Society edition includes an introduction and epilogue by historian John Keay and is richly illustrated throughout with maps and historical imagery, making it both an attractive reading edition and a highly collectable modern press production.
 
About the Author
 
Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer famed for pioneering expeditions into West Africa.
About the Contributor
 
John Keay is a respected historian and travel writer known for works on Asia and exploration history.
 
Binding & Exterior Description
 
Complete with its original blue paper-covered slipcase.
 
The book itself is bound in vibrant blue cloth with gilt lettering and delicate gilt decorations to the spine. The front board features a striking pink and black illustrated plate depicting an African river scene, giving the volume strong shelf appeal typical of Folio Society productions.
 
The binding remains intact, robust, and highly attractive. There is only light wear present, including a few small marks or light stains and extremely light fading to the spine from exposure to light.
 
The slipcase is also in very good condition overall, with only light signs of handling wear.
 
Top edge blue pages.
 
Interior Condition
 
Illustrated grey pastedowns and endpapers featuring maps.
 
The interior remains in very good condition throughout. The pages are bright, clean, and predominantly uncreased.
 
There is no pen or pencil inscription present. No rips or loose pages are present, and the binding remains tight and secure.
 
All illustrations called for in the illustrations list are present and accounted for.
 
Physical Details
 
Pagination: xxii + 203 pages 
Illustrated throughout 
Original slipcase present 
Approximate size: 24.8 x 16.8 x 2.4 cm (including slipcase) 
Weight: Approx. 701g including slipcase