ACROSS WIDEST AFRICA (TWO VOLUMES)
by Landor, A. Henry Savage
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jackets
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hurst & Blackett. Bound in uniform black cloth with git title lettering to spine and front board, this dated 1907 hardcover First Edition is VG. Full-Title as follows,"An Account of the Country and People of Eastern, Central and Western Africa, as seen during a twelve month journey from Djibuti to Cape Verde". Volume One, XV/396pp+large VG coloured folding map at end. With Frontis photo of Author with Somali Servant, Adem, Preface in which the author state he was the only white man on this 8,500 mile jounney which took 364 days, 35 Chapters and 67 B/W Photos. Clean endpapers, minor rubbing to spine with two small stains and slightly bumped corners, light foxing to prelims, minor wear to top/tail of spine, and odd foxing throughout: condition VG. Volume Two, X11/511pp with Frontis photo of picturesque cannibals of the Sango Tribe, 35 Chapters and 99 B/W photos. Small stain to front board, corners slihtly bumped and worn, top/tail of spine shows minor wear, foxing to prelims and odd foxing throughout, tiny ink stain to rear board, otherwise a VG set. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1907.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0019971
- Title
- ACROSS WIDEST AFRICA (TWO VOLUMES)
- Author
- Landor, A. Henry Savage
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jackets
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hurst & Blackett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- A .Henry Savage Landor:(1907): Across Widest Africa(Two Volumes)
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Camillas Bookshop
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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