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The Last Journals Of Bishop Hannington, Being Narratives Of A Journey Throuth Palestine In 1884 And A Journey Through Masai-land And U-soga Through Palestine in 1884 and a Journey through Masai-Land an U-Soga in 1885.
by Hannington, [James]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London: Seeley & Co.. Good+. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Library release stamp on verso of title page, embossed library stamp, pictorial bookplate, and pocket, minor evidence of label being removed from spine, Otherwise this is a bright tight and very attractive copy. ; 12mo; x, [2], 239 pages; Maroon cloth with gilt cover, illustrated. **Edited by Edwin Collas Dawson. The author was the First Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa. .
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- Bookseller
- Janet & Henry Hurley
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50155
- Title
- The Last Journals Of Bishop Hannington, Being Narratives Of A Journey Throuth Palestine In 1884 And A Journey Through Masai-land And U-soga Through Palestine in 1884 and a Journey through Masai-Land an U-Soga in 1885.
- Author
- Hannington, [James]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Seeley & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Missions, Eastern Equatorial Africa, Palestine, Travel, Religion, Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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Janet & Henry Hurley
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire
About Janet & Henry Hurley
Hurley Books was established by my father, Henry Hurley, in 1966. We have been shipping books through the mail for over 40 years with over 200 catalogs having been issued. Our bookshop contains well over 50,000 volumes with 17,000 +/- currently listed on Biblio.
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