To the Gold Coast for Gold, 2 volumes
by Burton, Richard and Verney Lovett Cameron
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. Book. Illus. by Two folding maps, chromolithograph of Axim in vol 2. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original red cloth, a gilt nugget of gold on both front covers andgilt titles on the spines. Rebacked skillfully , very clean with tight hinges. Inside, no stains or foxing. Publisher ads at the end of vol one dated December 1882. Protected in clear, mylar dustjackets. Burton was a promoter of gold exploration that did not pan out - first in Ghana (then the Gold Coast) and later in Arabia. West Africa had been the first field to supply gold to medieval Europe, as early as 1382 from Elmina to France. The Ashanti War of 1873-74 brough soldiers and colonial entrepreneurs into the valley of the Ancobra River. Burton and Cameron explored the so-called Kong Mountains and this work of natural history and gold was the reslut. .
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 079294
- Title
- To the Gold Coast for Gold, 2 volumes
- Author
- Burton, Richard and Verney Lovett Cameron
- Illustrator
- Two folding maps, chromolithograph of Axim in vol 2
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- Richard Burton, Africa, West Africa, Travel, Ghana , Gold Coast
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa, Sub-Saharan;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Rebacked
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- Cloth
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