Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
by James Wilson Jameson, Hugh Murray
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1839. Hardcover. Good. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1839. Fair-good, Hardcover, Not a reprint. Original brown cloth. Gilt spine title. 359 pages. The Family Library No. 16. Fold-out frontis map. Sixteen engravings, including map. Light waterstaining, not obscuring text. Front cover darkened around edges. Endpapers foxed. Scattered light foxing in text. With illustrations of the geology, mineralogy, and zoology. Plans of the routes of Park, and of Denham and Clapperton, and Several Engravings. Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.
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- Bookseller
- Lincbook
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LINCBOOK030461
- Title
- Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
- Author
- James Wilson Jameson, Hugh Murray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- Children's books, Juvenile Books, Exploration, Africa
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Lincbook
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Foster, Rhode Island
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- Reprint
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- Foxed
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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