Author(s): Alan Moorehead

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Secondhand.

Folio Society edition, first printing 2001. First thus. No jackets as issued. With original large pictorial slipcase. Index. Profusely illustrated. The White Nile - 320 pages. The Blue Nile - 301 pages. 

The White Nile was first published in 1960, the daring exploration of the Nile River in the second half of the nineteenth century, which was at that time the most mysterious and impenetrable region on earth. Capturing in breathtaking prose the larger-than-life personalities of such notable figures as Stanley, Livingstone, Burton and many others, The White Nile remains a seminal work in tales of discovery and escapade, filled with incredible historical detail and compelling stories of heroism and drama.

The Blue Nile was first published in 1962, in which  Alan Moorehead continues the classic, thrilling narration of adventure he began in The White Nile, depicting this exotic place through the lives of four explorers so daring they can be considered among the world's original adventurers -- each acting and reacting in separate expeditions against a bewildering background of slavery and massacre, political upheaval and all-out war.

VG. Edge bumps on slipcase and The White Nile top spine. Light fading on both spines. But the interior is as new.