Africa in the Nineteenth (19th) Century; With Portraits. [Hardcover]
by Sanderson, Edgar, M.A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/NO jacket as issued. (light cover soil, back cover scraped in places, all corners rubbed, header torn. front & back matte
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, Florida, United States
Item Price
A$175.04A$140.03
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About This Item
London Seeley & Co. Limited 1898 HARDCOVER. VG/NO jacket as issued. (light cover soil, back cover scraped in places, all corners rubbed, header torn. front & back matter moderately foxed else light, very sporadic foxing of text. sewn binding tight/sound) 8vo. Four full page portraits + fold-out map. Missing 2 tissue guards but plates clean/bright. First Edition. Full gilt decorated red leather covers, sewn binding with 5 bands. Marbled endpapers & edges.
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- Bookseller
- Booktopia
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4081310
- Title
- Africa in the Nineteenth (19th) Century; With Portraits. [Hardcover]
- Author
- Sanderson, Edgar, M.A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/NO jacket as issued. (light cover soil, back cover scraped in places, all corners rubbed, header torn. front & back matte
- Publisher
- Seeley & Co. Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Pages
- viii. + 336pp.
- Keywords
- 19th Century Colonial African History, 19th Century Egypt, Algiers, Sudan, Liberia, Rorke's Drift, Zululand, Natal, Transvall, Rare Books, European British Rule Colonialism Africa, Sir Herbert Kitchener, Cape Colony, Madagascar
- Size
- 8vo.
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