The Great Rift Valley, Being the Narrative of a Journey to Mount Kenya and Lake Baringo: with Some Account of the Geology, Natural History, Anthropology, and Future Prospects of British East Africa Cass Library of African Studies: Travels and Narratives, No. 38]
by Gregory, J. W
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Frank Cass & Co., London, 1968. New impression of original 1896 edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover. No dj, red cloth. Vg condition. Prev. owner's bookplate on endpaper; faint mottling to edge of front board, spine ends lightly bumped; contents bright & clean, binding & hinges firm. 422 pp., illus., 2 fold-out maps.
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- Tiber Books
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- Title
- The Great Rift Valley, Being the Narrative of a Journey to Mount Kenya and Lake Baringo: with Some Account of the Geology, Natural History, Anthropology, and Future Prospects of British East Africa Cass Library of African Studies: Travels and Narratives, No. 38]
- Author
- Gregory, J. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- New impression of original 1896 edition.
- Publisher
- Frank Cass & Co., London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- 19th, Africa, Century, East, Travel
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