Ismailia : a narrative of the expedition to Central Africa for the suppression of the slave trade
by BAKER, Samuel White
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- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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1875 Slave Trade ISMAILIA 1ed Africa SUDAN Egypt Illustrated African Slavery Baker
'Ismailia' is a classic work aimed to bring awareness to and suppress the slave-trade in Central Africa. Written by Samuel Baker, this work sheds light on the horrors of slave owners as well as describing the slave administration in Sudan. Baker was the first Englishman to sit in a high office of the Egyptian government.
This first edition was published in London and is filled with dozens impressive engravings and a folding map.
Item number: #24750
Price: $550
BAKER, Samuel White
Ismailia : a narrative of the expedition to Central Africa for the suppression of the slave trade
New York: Harper & Bros., 1875. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 542
o Illustrated with 52 impressive engravings
Includes two color maps (1 folding)
· References: Blackmer 66; Howgego IV, B10; Czech, Africa p.11;
o Czech: "While most of the narrative involves travel and military adventure, there are several episodes of sport as well. Baker's troops bagged crocodile and hippopotamus, depicted in several fascinating engravings. South of Regiaf, the author bagged a pair of elephants, and attempted to collect a few more by using both Hale's rockets and the company's fieldpiece Later, in Unyoro, he hunted antelope and lion while natives drove the game toward a series of nets."
· Provenance: Handwritten – T. W. Bishop
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; secure
o Pictorial cloth
· Size: ~9.5in X 6.25in (24cm x 15.5cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24750
- Title
- Ismailia : a narrative of the expedition to Central Africa for the suppression of the slave trade
- Author
- BAKER, Samuel White
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Bros
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1875
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1875 Slave Trade ISMAILIA 1ed Africa SUDAN Egypt Illustrated African Slavery Baker, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquaria
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