IN DARKEST AFRICA or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governeor of Equatoria (2 volumes)
by Stanley, Henry M
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. 2 volumes in very good condition. Volume 1: 547 pages. Volume 2: 540 pages. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Pouches at the back of the books, containing folding maps. Brown endpapers. Hinges are cracked, but intact. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles and a blind-stamped design on the boards. Lightly worn around the edges. Lightly scuffed. 1ST US EDITION. VG/- -. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215061J
- Title
- IN DARKEST AFRICA or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governeor of Equatoria (2 volumes)
- Author
- Stanley, Henry M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1890
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- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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J. Wyatt Books
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...