Madagascar and its People - Notes of a four years' residence.
by MADAGASCAR. SIBREE, James
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Religious Tract Society, London., [1870]. First edition. Octavo. 576 pages. Illustrations and map. Original cloth decorated in gilt and black. The author was the architect of four large churches in Madagascar and also compiled a bibliography of the island.Remains of a prize label from 1884 on front pastedown. Inner hinges cracking but tight. Very good.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MADAGASC022082
- Title
- Madagascar and its People - Notes of a four years' residence.
- Author
- MADAGASCAR. SIBREE, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Religious Tract Society, London.
- Date Published
- [1870]
- Keywords
- madagascar
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Peter Ellis bookseller
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