Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa; with Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Region of the Equator being Sketches from Sixteen Years' Travels
by Petherick, John
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1861. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. folding map, xii, 482p. plus 4p. solicitation of subscriptions to support expeditions by Petherick and Speke to discover the source of the Nile which is tipped to front free endpaper and 16p. publisher's advertisement bound in after the folding map. Original cloth. 23cm. Backstrip faded as is a wrinkled area on front cover where a library label was probably removed. Relatively minor chipping at ends of backstrip. Ex lib. (stamps on endpaper and back of title-leaf -- possibly elsewhere). Endpapers cracked at hinges.
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- Seller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 79220
- Title
- Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa; with Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Region of the Equator being Sketches from Sixteen Years' Travels
- Author
- Petherick, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- Blackwood
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1861
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McBlain Books
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Hamden, Connecticut
About McBlain Books
Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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