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Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. The Sources, Supply, and Overflow of the Nile; The Country, People, Customs, etc. Interspersed with Highly Exciting Adventures of the Author. Among Elephants, Lions, Buffaloes, Hippopotami, Rhinoceros, etc. Accompanied by Expert Native Sword Hunters. With A Supplementary Sketch Relative to the Captivity and Release of English Subjects and the Career of the Late Emperor Theodore. By Rev. W.L. Gage
by BAKER, Sir S.W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: O.D. Case & Co, 1868. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Thick octavo. 624pp. Illustrated with plates and one color map in the preliminary and a folding map of the Nile tributaries in Abyssinia in rear. Brown cloth, bind-stamped and ruled on boards, gilt-stamped spine. Page edges faintly dampstained, lacking half-title page, front hinge cracked, spine sunned with short tears on ends, about very good without dustwrapper as issued.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 458609
- Title
- Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. The Sources, Supply, and Overflow of the Nile; The Country, People, Customs, etc. Interspersed with Highly Exciting Adventures of the Author. Among Elephants, Lions, Buffaloes, Hippopotami, Rhinoceros, etc. Accompanied by Expert Native Sword Hunters. With A Supplementary Sketch Relative to the Captivity and Release of English Subjects and the Career of the Late Emperor Theodore. By Rev. W.L. Gage
- Author
- BAKER, Sir S.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- O.D. Case & Co
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- Travel/GeographicNon-fiction, History
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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