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On the Threshold of Central Africa - A Record of Twenty Years' Pioneering Among the Barotsi of the Upper Zambesi
by Coillard, Francois; edited by Catherine Winkworth Mackintosh
- 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: Hodder and Stoughton. Fair with no dust jacket. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. The folding map is detached and has extensive tears along most of the folds. Minor green stain to front board. Hinges broken. ; xxxiv, 663, [1 (blank)] pages + [2] pages advertisements + frontispiece + 42 illustrations on 40 plate leaves + 1 folding map. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 226 x 155mm. Text in English, translated from the French by Catherine Winkworth Mackintosh. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20603
- Title
- On the Threshold of Central Africa - A Record of Twenty Years' Pioneering Among the Barotsi of the Upper Zambesi
- Author
- Coillard, Francois; edited by Catherine Winkworth Mackintosh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
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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- Plate
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