Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa including Accounts of Timbuktu, Sokoto, and the Basins of the Niger and Benuwe
by Henry Barth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Diego, California, United States
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About This Item
Glasgow: The Grand Colosseum Warehouse Co., undated. Hardcover. Heinrich Barth (1821-1865) was a German scholar born in Hamburg. He achieved fame as an African explorer. His scholarly gifts helped him to learn many African languages and produce very careful documentation of the places and peoples he visited. There were multiple "cheap" one volume editions of this title issued by various British and U.S. publishers in the late 1850s. This seems to be one, though it is undated. This is an extremely dense book, 548 pages in small type with small page margins.
Condition is only good. Though the spotting of the contents is limited to the ffep, there are two gutter breaks at pages 144 and 448 where just the binding cords are holding the text block together. The plain original red cloth binding is a bit worn and faded with fraying at spine ends and a .75 inch closed tear at the head of the spine.
Condition is only good. Though the spotting of the contents is limited to the ffep, there are two gutter breaks at pages 144 and 448 where just the binding cords are holding the text block together. The plain original red cloth binding is a bit worn and faded with fraying at spine ends and a .75 inch closed tear at the head of the spine.
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- Bookseller
- Churchill Book Collector (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003942
- Title
- Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa including Accounts of Timbuktu, Sokoto, and the Basins of the Niger and Benuwe
- Author
- Henry Barth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Grand Colosseum Warehouse Co.
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- undated
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.