THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA. a Record of Modern Discovery : With Thirty-Two Illustrations
by Geddie, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1889. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. Handsome contemporary Brown tree Full-Leather Prize Binding. 5 Raised Bands to spine with Gilt Title on Black Ground in 2nd Compartment and Gilt Decoration filling the others. Bright Gilt Central School Badge on front illustrated with a Golden Eagle. Gilt Armorial Bearing on the back. Endpapers and all page edges Marbled. Frontis illustrated with " the Lady Alice Shooting the Rapids". 31 other full-page B&W illustrations. Very interesting account of African Exploration, in 3 Parts; The Nile, The Congo, and The Zambesi. Illustrations include; "Caravan crossing the Nubian Desert", "Sir Samuel and Lady Baker on the March", "Murchison Falls", "Stanley on the March", "Burton & Speke on the Tanganyika" & "Game on the Zambesi". 275 Pages, 560g, 7 1/2" Tall. Prize Bookplate with School's Armorial Bearing on Endpaper, dated 1891 Fine crack to leather down right side of spine and a small triangular piece of leather missing at top left of spine. Hinges sound & Binding firm. Gift inscription on blank preliminary page, dated 1940. Pages in nice, clean condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014428
- Title
- THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA. a Record of Modern Discovery : With Thirty-Two Illustrations
- Author
- Geddie, John
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/TRAVEL/AFRICA/BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/ADVENTURERS EXPLORERS
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- 12mo
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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