THE LAKE AND THE DESERT Missionary Adventures in Southern Africa
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- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union. Near Fine. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with gilt decorated spine. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Illustrated with engravings & fold out map. Dr. Livingstone's travels in South Africa; labours of some of his predecessors; brief history of the Dutch colonies; habits & manners of the Boers. A few flecks of foxing & two turned down page corners. Africa; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 209 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9929
- Title
- THE LAKE AND THE DESERT Missionary Adventures in Southern Africa
- Author
- Unknown
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Sunday School Union
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa Travel & Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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