NY: New Amsterdam Book Company / London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899.. 1899.. Good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on front cover & in gilt with vignette stamped in gilt on spine. The covers are lightly bumped & the head & tail of the spine are rubbed. xvii, 177 & [1] pp. & 16-page publisher's catalogue. B&W portrait frontispiece & 11 B&W plates. The book is cracked at page 38; the endpapers are darkened; there is scattered light foxing & soiling; 1 plate is detached with the front edge roughed. Good. <p>First American edition.<p>In view of the projected acquistion of the southeast African port of Delagoa Bay by Great Britain, the author sets out to give an account of its history, trade, inhabitants, flora and fauna, its harbour, its town of Lourenco Marques and the Delagoa Bay railway, stressing the strategic importance of the port for Britain.

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 33563
Title: THE KEY TO SOUTH AFRICA: DELAGOA BAY.
Author: Jessett, Montague George
Book Condition: Used - Good
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: New Amsterdam Book Company / London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899.
Date Published: 1899.
Keywords: HISTORY; AFRICAN; SOUTH AFRICA; PORT; DELAGOA BAY; LOURENCO MARQUES; TRADE; COMMERCE; RAILROAD; NETHERLANDS RAILWAY; GEORGE MONTAGUE JESSETT; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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