LIVINGSTONE'S TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA: Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast, Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi,...
by Livingstone, David
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Evans & Company, 1858. 446 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ fraying to corners and spine ends. Covers a bit cocked. Previous owner's bookplate on verso of frontispiece. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Title
- LIVINGSTONE'S TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA: Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey From the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast, Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi,...
- Author
- Livingstone, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Evans & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1858
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL SOUTH SOUTHERN AFRICA BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVE LIVINGSTONE DAVID 1813 1873 SCOTTISH MISSIONARY RELIGION GOD CHRISTIANITY JESUS CHRIST MISSIONS MEDICAL HISTORY DOCTOR EXPLORER EXPLORATION CAPE OF GOOD
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; Autobiography; Exploration; Medical;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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