A Romance of N'Shabe: Being a Record of Startling Adventures in South Central Africa
by A. A. Anderson; A. Wall
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman & Hall, 1891. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this scarce lost city novel, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with ten plates. Collated complete. Set in Zimbabwe, a group of explorers travel by balloon and discover the last descendants of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Written by Andrew A. Anderson and Andrew Henry Wall, British authors on a multitude of fictional and non-fiction subjects. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the board edges. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot or handling mark. Light spotting to the first and last few pages with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 902T53
- Title
- A Romance of N'Shabe: Being a Record of Startling Adventures in South Central Africa
- Author
- A. A. Anderson; A. Wall
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Romance N'Shabe Startling Adventures N'Shabe Anderson Wall
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...