Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsley

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First ed., first printing (full number line). Small quarto in grey pictorial jacket; xvii, 333 p., [8] p. pl.: ill., map.; 24 cm.; maps to endpapers Fine in near fine(-) jacket now in archival mylar. . Hardcover. ISBN: 9780395353158, 0395353157

"Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1862 – 1900) was an English ethnographer, writer and explorer who made numerous travels through West Africa and wrote several books on her experiences there. Historians have credited Kingsley's work with helping to shape Western perceptions of the culture of Africa and colonialism."—Wikipedia // Africa, West; Explorers, Kingsley, Mary, 1862-1900. Victorian Lady Travelers. Women