Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. Etc. particularly in the Government of Java, 1811-1816, and of Bencoolen and its Dependencies, 1817-1824; with details of the Commerce and Resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and Selections from his Correspondence
by By His Widow
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- Hardcover
- first
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
(London: John Murray: 1830) First Edition. Cloth pp. xvi, 724 and 100 (Appendix and Index) (296 x 228 mm) Illustrated, including folding panoramic view and folding maps. All edges uncut. First Edition. Frontispiece (portrait) heavily foxed, and scattered foxing to other illustrations including maps. Cloth faded and extremities rubbed or worn. Upper external hinges cracked and front board detached as a result. Titling piece on spine at right hand edge, with some loss. Otherwise a good copy, and text generally very good.
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- exPB
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- 125199
- Title
- Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. Etc. particularly in the Government of Java, 1811-1816, and of Bencoolen and its Dependencies, 1817-1824; with details of the Commerce and Resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and Selections from his Correspondence
- Author
- By His Widow
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- biography java
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About the Seller
exPB
Biblio member since 2017
Clarence Park, South Australia
About exPB
I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
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