Mountains of the Moon. An Expedition to the Equatorial Mountains of East Africa
by Synge, Patrick M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- F/F
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd, 1938 F/F. 8vo. original brown cloth gilt (slight flecking to cloth edges, attractive deco-style bookseller's label to front pastedown, else clean & crisp throughout) in dustwrapper (head cap a trifle rubbed, a few slight marks, matching label to spine); pp. xxiv, 222 (last blank), with 2 colour plates & 91 collotype plates & 2 maps (one folding). An excellent copy, fine. [Neate S209: Chiefly walking and botanical exploration. Visits to Mt. Elgon and Mt. Kenya]. One of a number of copies for export, with faint 'Colonial Edition' rsms to front flap of dustwrapper and verso title page.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. F/F.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011366
- Title
- Mountains of the Moon. An Expedition to the Equatorial Mountains of East Africa
- Author
- Synge, Patrick M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Jacket Condition
- F
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Lindsay Drummond Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Patrick Synge Mountains of the Moon Ruzenzori Uganda Kenya Mountaineering East Africa Natural History Botany
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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