Blazing Trails in Bantuland.
by Campbell, Dugald
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Pickering & Inglis, 1933. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, pp. 228, [4, ads] + frontispiece and 12 double-sided plates. Original dark green cloth, colour-printed dustjacket. Some spotting, particularly to textblock edge. Spine-ends a little bumped, dustjacket soiled, torn and chipped with small losses at ends of spine panel. Signed to half-title ‘Dugald Campbell, 1934, Arbroath’, ‘the author’ in ink above. A work by Scottish missionary, amateur ethnologist and fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Dugald Campbell. It contains chapters on ‘Bantuland and Bantu Languages’, ‘Cannibalism, slavery, and Congo horrors’ and ‘Witchcraft and cruelties’. Rare in dustjacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5934
- Title
- Blazing Trails in Bantuland.
- Author
- Campbell, Dugald
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pickering & Inglis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Travel & Topography Africa
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- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
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