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The Nile Quest. A Record Of The Exploration Of The Nile And Its Basin -- 1903 FIRST UK EDITION
by Johnston, Sir Harry
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Lawrence And Bullen, 1903. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1903 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering front and spine, big gilt decoration front cover. The book has clean covers, slight darkening to spine, rubbing to corners, edges, and spine ends, old owner gift inscription (dated 1904) on FFEP otherwise no former owner marks or writing on any pages, some foxing on some of the pages opposite photo plates but no foxing on other pages, solid binding, complete with all plates-maps-pages. The book measures 229mm tall x 150mm, and has 341 pages, 73 b/w photos/images (including the large folding map at rear). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003022
- Title
- The Nile Quest. A Record Of The Exploration Of The Nile And Its Basin -- 1903 FIRST UK EDITION
- Author
- Johnston, Sir Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Lawrence And Bullen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Arrampicata, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, africa, kilimanjaro, hans meyer, ludwig purtscheller, ruwenzori, ruwenzoris, hunting, big game, Zanzibar, Tanzania, congo, nile river, livingston, sta
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Africa; Miscellaneous;
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
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