Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara in the Years 1843-1845. To Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly
by Wolff, Rev. Joseph
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- VG-
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1852 8vo. original grey green blind-stamped cloth gilt (rear board watermarked, penetrating in one spot through to last few pages, rubbed & a little bumped with slight wear to extremities, slightly sunned & marked, upper hinge tender, small binder's label to rear pastedown, a few spots in text, correction to date on p. vi [possibly by Wolff], otherwise internally clean); pp. xxii (last blank), 346. A very good copy. Author's presentation copy. Inscribed to FFE 'Hugh Horsfall, Jos. Wolff' with cipher.. Signed by Author. Seventh Edition. Hard Cover. VG-.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000852
- Title
- Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara in the Years 1843-1845. To Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly
- Author
- Wolff, Rev. Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Edition
- Seventh Edition
- Publisher
- William Blackwood & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- Joseph Wolff Missionary Narrative Mission Bokhara Persia Iran Uzbekistan Russian Central Asia Great Game Stoddart Conolly
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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