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Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa
by Anon [John Ledyard]
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
T Cadell, 1791. Book. Good. hardback. hardback, octavo, bound in half calf and marbled paper covered boards and edges. Gilt title to spine. Lower hinge weak with board just attached.Tightly sewn with a text free of markings. The date at the foot of the final leaf has been excised. Foxing to the front endpapers and with one or two spots to the title page. The large folding map of North Africa by J Rennell has a short closed edge tear and is generally in very good order, xvi + 351pp. Scarce. .
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- Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills
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- Title
- Proceedings of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa
- Author
- Anon [John Ledyard]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- T Cadell
- Date Published
- 1791
- Keywords
- africa african history travel topography
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