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To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative

To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative

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To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative

by BURTON Richard F 1821-1890. and CAMERON Verney Lovett 1844-1894

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London Piccadilly: Chatto & Windus, 1883. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. WELLER. First edition, 2 coloured maps & 1 coloured plate 2 volumes in brown half morocco (by H Southeran), over green marbled boards, gilt tooling, some wear to extremities. Spines, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Interiors; Vol 1, half title, folding map, [7], (viii-xii), [2], [1], 2-354 pp, 2 maps (large folding, coloured), 2 illustrations within text, 2 printers devices. Vol 2, half title, frontis, [5], (vi) only, [1], 2-381 pp, 1 pl (coloured), 2 printers devices, 1 illustration within text. Many pages uncut, t.e.g., book plate to fpds (Edwin Parsons). An excellent set. (186*122 mm). (Penzer p106-7. Casada 65). Cameron joined Burton on a mission to West Africa. The two explorers examined the interior of the Gold Coast, searching for evidence of its gold-producing potential. Cameron also plotted the course of the Ankobrah River, and together they sent back to Kew 151 plants native to the Gold Coast. .

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Bookseller
Madoc Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
007613
Title
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative
Author
BURTON Richard F 1821-1890. and CAMERON Verney Lovett 1844-1894
Illustrator
WELLER
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
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Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication
London Piccadilly
Date Published
1883
Size
12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
Weight
3.09 lbs
Keywords
Africa Travel gold exploration TA-VBF-2022 burton
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Plate
Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Raised Band(s)
Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Half Title
The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
Marbled boards
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First Edition
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