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The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs
by Baker, Samuel W. (Sir)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1872. Hardcover. Lacking one plate, "The Coor", called for facing page 153. Boards rubbed and worn and stained. Rear board with extensive patchy dampstains to cloth.Tears and chips to cloth at ends of spine and corners of boards. Narrow split to gutter at front hinge. Moderate foxing. Folding map with some creasing and a 1" tear along fold. Previous owner's signature on title page, rubber stamps on some pages. ; "New Edition". xix, [1], 408, [1] pages + 23 [of 24] plates + 2 colour maps (full page frontispiece map + large folding map). Lacking one plate. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration on spine. Black border and decoration on front board. Page dimensions: 186 x 128mm. Travel, Africa. Illustrations include rhinoceroses and hippopotami. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19388
- Title
- The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs
- Author
- Baker, Samuel W. (Sir)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with No dust jacket as issued
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Hinge
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Fair
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- Jacket
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- Plate
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