Livingstone Letters, 1843 to 1872: David Livingstone Correspondence in the Brenthurst Library, Johannesburg
by Livingstone, David; Boucher, Maurice (Ed)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0909079269
- ISBN 13
- 9780909079260
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
South Africa: Brenthurst Press, 1985. Standard Edition of 850 copies. Brown bds with bright Gilt title in Black flag, Brown publishers staining top edge, 2 silk ribbon markers, printed on Domtar fine papers, nice engraved portrait frontis by D J Pound, pp 255 plus 67 colour and b/w illus and 4 maps. Original DJ is fresh with faintest shelf wear to spine head. Overweight.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11502
- Title
- Livingstone Letters, 1843 to 1872: David Livingstone Correspondence in the Brenthurst Library, Johannesburg
- Author
- Livingstone, David; Boucher, Maurice (Ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0909079269
- ISBN 13
- 9780909079260
- Publisher
- Brenthurst Press
- Place of Publication
- South Africa
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- South Africa Zambia Dr Livingstone Stanley Exploration Zambesi Cape of Good Hope History Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography;
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