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STANLEY'S EMIN PASHA EXPEDITION
by Wauters, A.J
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No dust jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No dust jacket. 8vo. xvii, 378pp., [xxv, publisher's ads] complete with 33 plates including frontis portrait of Stanley, folding colored map (tear) showing the route in red, index., original brown pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering. Bright clean copy. Travels across central Africa by the foremost African explorer. The American edition had only 12 illustrations on 8 plates and was printed on poor quality paper. EX-lb (19th century). Library sticker on front endpaper. Small numerical labe on middle of spine. Very handsome copy. Tear on attached fold-out map. two loose plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21292
- Title
- STANLEY'S EMIN PASHA EXPEDITION
- Author
- Wauters, A.J
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John C. Nimmo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Stanley, Africa , , , ,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
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