Sierra Leone After a Hundred Years
by Ingham, E. G. (Right Rev.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Seeley and Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate rubbing and soiling to cloth boards. A 1/2" tear to cloth at lower end of rear joint. Hinges cracked at endpapers. Heavy dampstains and soiling to rear endpaper. Moderate dampstains to last ten leaves, extending less than 3/8" into the margin.; xi, [1], 368 pages + frontispiece + plates + in-text illustrations + [4] pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on front board. Page dimensions: 204 x 134mm. Contents: Awakening of Public Opinion; Repatriation; Governor Clarkson's Diary; Gleanings from the Company's Reports, and Other Records; Church Missionary Society Enterprise; Relics; Sierra Leone in 1894 - The Temne People and the Kroomen - The Mixed Multitude - Climate, Government, Manners and Customs - Its Christianity; Some Personal Memoranda; 'The Conclusion of the Whole Matter'.; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7048
- Title
- Sierra Leone After a Hundred Years
- Author
- Ingham, E. G. (Right Rev.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Seeley and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
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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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- Gilt
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- Cracked
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- First Edition
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