Journey of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
by Speke, John Hanning
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1864. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Harper & Brothers, 1864. 8vo., 590pp., plus 6pp. publisher's ads, illustrated with engraved plates, including a large fold-out color map. Blind embossed brown cloth with bronze spine titles, yellow endpapers. Gentle wear at the heel and crown, else very good plus, binding sound and tight, pages, plates and map clean with no foxing. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008497
- Title
- Journey of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
- Author
- Speke, John Hanning
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1864
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
- Size
- 8vo
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The Wild Muse
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- First Edition
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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