A Short History of Badagry
by Avoseh, T. Ola
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair; Covers detached and chipped at edges, staples rusted, pages toned.
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About This Item
Lagos, Nigeria: Printed for the Author By the Ife-Olu Printing Works. Fair; Covers detached and chipped at edges, staples rusted, pages toned.. 1938. First Printing. Softcover. Printed brown stapled wraps. A history of the large city of Badagry, Nigeria, on the Atlantic coast near the border with Benin. The author notes that it took eight years to compile this history of Badagary, which starts with a brief narrative of its prehistory and moves to its first recorded contacts with European slave traders and missionaries, lists of kings, and more contemporary history. OCLC only locates two copies (Berkeley, CA and Hamburg, Germany). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 66 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42690
- Title
- A Short History of Badagry
- Author
- Avoseh, T. Ola
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair; Covers detached and chipped at edges, staples rusted, pages toned.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author By the Ife-Olu Printing Works
- Place of Publication
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NIGERIA, Badagry, Nigerian History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
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