Savage Africa: Being the Narrative of a Tour in Equatorial, Southwestern, and Northwestern Africa; With Notes on the Habits of the Gorilla; On the Existence of Unicorns and Tailed Men; On the Slave-Trade; On the Origin, Character, and Capabilities of the Negro, and on the Future Civilization of Western Africa
by Reade, W. Winwood
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- good to very good
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1864. Hardcover. good to very good. 1st American Edition. xi,[1],[13]-452pp. + [6]pp. (ads)pp. Octavo in original cloth and pale yellow coated endpapers with woodcut plates and illustrations in text, and folding map. Stefansson's copy from his library. Wear to lower corners, foot and head of spine, joints starting at foot of spine, else a clean copy of an uncommon title. Good to very good condition. 1864
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- Aquila Books (CA)
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- Title
- Savage Africa: Being the Narrative of a Tour in Equatorial, Southwestern, and Northwestern Africa; With Notes on the Habits of the Gorilla; On the Existence of Unicorns and Tailed Men; On the Slave-Trade; On the Origin, Character, and Capabilities of the Negro, and on the Future Civilization of Western Africa
- Author
- Reade, W. Winwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good to very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1864
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