A Journey Over Land to India, Partly by a route Never Gone Before by any European
by Campbell, Donald
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Cullen and Co. , 1795. Book. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original boards covered with well rubbed marbled paper. More recent 20th Century brown leather spine and corners in very good plus condition. Inside the title page and next four pages are covered in a preservative coating, as are the last 4 pages, an appendix. Pages xvii, 76, 136, 181, 9. The text takes the form of letters to his son. Campbell, who formerly commanded a regiment of cavalry in the Service of the Nabob of the Carnatic (in India). His travels took him through Germany to Venice in part one; Alexandria, Aleppo to Mosul in part two, then to Baghdad, Basra, Bombay, shipwreck and capture by Hyder Ali, Candapore, Travanare, Madras and Bengal. .
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 077668
- Title
- A Journey Over Land to India, Partly by a route Never Gone Before by any European
- Author
- Campbell, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Cullen and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1795
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- India, Arabia, Turkey, Aleppo, travel & voyagesr
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leatherbound;
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- Marbled Paper
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