[THOMSON, JOSEPH]. Travels in the Atlas and Southern Morocco. A Narrative of Exploration. London: George Philip & Son, 1889.
FIRST EDITION; leather bound, hardcover, octavo (18 x 12 x 4 cm), pp. xviii, 488. English text with illustrations throughout. Handsome contemporary full calf gilt by Allman & Son, marbled page edges and endpapers, half-title, with frontispiece and 26 illustrated plates, 37 small illustrations and 4 maps within the text, rear index in double columns. Printed by George Philip and Son, London. Condition: FAIR to GOOD. Lacking four illustrated plates and 2 folding maps, else complete. Binding tight and secure. Slight rubbing to extremities. Interior well-preserved with some very light scattered foxing. Inscription to front endpaper. Scarce.
Notes: First edition. Thomson had previously undertaken several African expeditions and in 1885 had been awarded the founder's gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society. 'On 17 March 1888 Thomson set foot again on his chosen continent. On this occasion he elected to explore, on his own account, the Atlas mountains in Morocco. The difficulties thrown in his way were as great as any he had yet experienced. The escort provided by the Morocco authorities, under the pretence of protecting him, did everything to hamper his movements. But Thomson overcame all obstruction. He reached Jebel Ogdimt, a height of 12,734 feet, and climbed 13,150 feet up Tizi-n-Tamjurt' (DNB).Neate T24; Perret 4263.
