Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand
by ADAMS, REV H.C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G-
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1889. Hardback. G-. Red & gilt decorative cloth. B&w frontispiece with tissue guard, 7 other b&w plates. 7½ x 4¾ inches. 384pp. Olive page edges. Green endpapers. Frontispiece detached & slightly worn at edges. Boards rubbed at corners & edges. Spine slightly worn at top & base, slightly darkened. Front & rear hinges broken: front hinge has been repaired with paper tape by previous owner. Otherwise a good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Ripping Yarns (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70040
- Title
- Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand
- Author
- ADAMS, REV H.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - G-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- SOUTH AFRICA, RIPPING YARNS
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- Gilt
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