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Through the Dark Continent or the Sources of the Nile [. . .] [Volume One only]
by Stanley, Henry M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. Poor with no dust jacket. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding poor. Spine cloth torn and tattered with losses. Front hinge broken. Binding shaken and loose. Abrasions and extensive adhesive tape stains to endpapers. No signatures.; Volume One only of two volumes. xiv, [2], 522 pages + frontispiece + 15 plates + 5 of 6 maps (lacking the map from the pocket at rear). Brown illustrated cloth boards with gilt and black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 217 x 141mm. ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16264
- Title
- Through the Dark Continent or the Sources of the Nile [. . .] [Volume One only]
- Author
- Stanley, Henry M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Shaken
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