A. Henry Savage-Landor — Across Unknown South America

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive documentation of Savage-Landor's time travelling across South America, with his own illustrations, collated and complete. First edition, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding with a decorative gilt motif to the front board.Complete in two volumes. Illustrated with two maps, eight coloured plates and 260 illustrations from photographs by the author. Collated, complete. Arnold Henry Savage-Landor was an explorer and anthropologist, often travelling throughout his life, starting by moving to Paris when he was fifteen to study. During his life he travelled to America, Japan, Korea, China, and Abyssinia. He was invited by Queen Victoria to share his tales and drawings from his trips, and subsequently started to publish travel books accompanied with his illustrations. These include 'In the Forbidden Land', 'Tibet and Nepal', and 'The Gems of the East&apos. 'Across the Unknown South America' is about the expedition he made in 1911 and 1912. It's an optimistic look at a continent that he considers to be 'the coming continent of the future&apos. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding with a gilt motif to the front board. Externally, smart, with slight rubbing, more so to the joints and to the head and tail of the spine, causing small loss to cloth in places. Light bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine. The occasional mark to the boards. A touch of fading to the spine. Front hinge slightly strained but holding firm to volume one. Occasional spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with light scattered spotting, heavier to the first and last pages. Light spotting to the fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .