Tramps Round the Mountains of the Moon and Through the Back Gate of the Congo State
by Johnson, T. Broadwood
- 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: T. Fisher Unwin. Fair with no dust jacket. 1912. Hardcover. Some library stamps. Binding loose. Cloth covers rubbed. Spine faded. 3/8" chips to cloth at corners of boards. 3/8" tear to cloth at head of spine. Gutters broken at hinges with spine webbing exposed. One illustration (facing p. 128) is missing. No tears in folding map. ; Second impression (first edition was in 1908). xxiii, [1], 316 pages + frontis + 46 of 47 illustrations + 2 maps (1 folding). Illustrated cloth covers. Contents: Introductory Chapter - The Romance of Stanley's Letter and its Sequel; The Voyage out to Mombasa; Into the Heart of the Continent - By Rail, Tramp, and Canoe; Canoeing Across the Victoria Nyanza; Uganda - A Social Retrospect and Contrast; The Last Stage to the Country of the Mountains of the Moon; The Lifting of the Veil from Toro - A Retrospect; Preliminary Peep at Toro To-day; Occupying an "Eligible Residence"; Making Friends; Tramping South to the Albert Edward Islanders [...] ; Ex-Library; 8vo .
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Details
- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 4400
- Title
- Tramps Round the Mountains of the Moon and Through the Back Gate of the Congo State
- Author
- Johnson, T. Broadwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Jet Boating White Water Rivers
Terms of Sale
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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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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....