MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA - INCLUDING IA SKETCH OF SIXTEEN YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA, ETC
by LIVINGSTONE, DAVID
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- Hardcover
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HAWTHORN EAST, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
John Murray, London, 1857. 436 pp including index, marbled end-papers, b&w engraved folding frontispiece, b&w engraved plates and illustrations, folding map at rear, gilt edges, boards rubbed, front inner hinge cracked, else very good copy in green, full-calf binding with gilt decorations and raised bands on spine.
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- Bookseller
- Camberwell Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 219423
- Title
- MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA - INCLUDING IA SKETCH OF SIXTEEN YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA, ETC
- Author
- LIVINGSTONE, DAVID
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray, London, 1857
- Keywords
- travels south africa explorer exploration dr. david livingstone expedition natural history missionaries binding
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- Hinge
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