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Quest Beyond the Sahara
by Williams, Harry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition (ex-library)/Very Good
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Robert Hale Ltd, London, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition (ex-library)/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 190 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears, and has a scrape on spine.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This is an account,enthralling and, at times,horrifying,of three journeys into ?the regions of darkness south of the Sahara?made at the beginning of the nineteenth century.The principal actors in this drama of exploration were Hugh Clapperton,Dixan Denham and Richard Lander;names virtually unknown in modern times.This is hard to understand,since their African discoveries are comparable in importance with those of Livingstone,Stanley,Burton and Baker whose travels took place a quarter of a century later. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Adventure, Survival, Exploration; Britain/UK; 19th century; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6703. .
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- Seller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 6703
- Title
- Quest Beyond the Sahara
- Author
- Williams, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition (ex-library)
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- BZDB137 dixon denham, hugh clapperton, richard lemon lander, explorers, adventurers, Adventure, Survival, Exploration; Britain/UK; 19th century; History. Williams, Harry Quest Beyond the Sahara
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King River, Western Australia
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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