The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs
by Baker, Sir Samuel W., M.A., F.R.G.S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Rosscarbery, Cork, Ireland
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, pp. xxii, single page and fold out coloured maps, 596, original gilt ruled, decorated and lettered blue cloth, spine dulled, cover bright, corners bumped, top and bottom of spine a little pulled and minor loss at base, interior with brown end papers, tissue guard to frontispiece has toned and this is offset on frontispiece and title page, unobtrusive small circular blind stamped crest to title and dedication pages at top right corners, thereafter text is largely clean, binding opening at rear hinge, otherwise sound.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Vivian Art & Antiques (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001377
- Title
- The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs
- Author
- Baker, Sir Samuel W., M.A., F.R.G.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1867
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Rosscarbery, Cork
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