Across Widest Africa: An Account of the Country and People of Eastern, Central and Western Africa as Seen During a Twelve Months' Journey from Djibuti to Cape Verde. 2 volumes.
by Savage Landor, A. Henry
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
London Hurst and Blackett, 1907, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Printed on laid paper by The Chapel River Press. -- Illustrated by 160 half-tone reproductions of photographs and a 12x34-inch color map of the route. There is a small map of Lake Tchad as partly surveyed by the author. Landor states of his journey of 8,500 miles over one year, "Pleasure was its sole object." -- Hardcover, 396+511 pages, 7.5x10x4.3 inches, bright spine and cover lettering on navy blue cloth. Condition: very good minus (mild to heavy foxing throughout--the glossy plates are not affected; tips lightly bumped; no jackets). A substantial and attractive copy.
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- Bookseller
- Bucks County Bookshop IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40354
- Title
- Across Widest Africa: An Account of the Country and People of Eastern, Central and Western Africa as Seen During a Twelve Months' Journey from Djibuti to Cape Verde. 2 volumes.
- Author
- Savage Landor, A. Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hurst and Blackett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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