TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES in CAFFRARIA; describing the character, customs, and moral condition of the tribes ... (1st ed)
by Kay, Stephen 03a
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FAIR book. MISSING backstrip. 1st ed. 8"x5", 509pp.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: John Mason. FAIR book. MISSING backstrip. 1st ed. 8"x5", 509pp.. 1833. 1st edition.. Hardcover. FAIR book, GOOD text. (i-iii),iv-xvi, f/o map,(1),2-509pp. FINE f/o map has NO fold line tears, foxing, aging, soiling, etc. . PRICED FOR A REBIND. Upper board (with a large splotch of black stain) detached but present. Frontis titled "AN UMPONEDO" has light margin foxing. "NATIVES ESCORTING KAY" faces p95, water stains in margin corners (BUT, NOT IN ADJOINING LEAVES) & other light soiling. "KAFFIR WOMAN" faces p156, light margin foxing. "MOUNT COLE MISSION VALLEY"faces p267, light foxing. "GRAHAM'S TOWN, ALBANY" faces p431, light margin foxing. These plate stains have offset to adjacent leaves. Few text pages with light scattered foxing, but almost no other staining or aging. Few loosening pages. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001319
- Title
- TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES in CAFFRARIA; describing the character, customs, and moral condition of the tribes ... (1st ed)
- Author
- Kay, Stephen 03a
- Illustrator
- 5 full p engraving & f/o map
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FAIR book. MISSING backstrip. 1st ed. 8"x5", 509pp.
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Publisher
- John Mason
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- FAIR book, GOOD text. (i-iii),iv-xvi, f/o map,(1),2-509pp. FINE f/o, map has NO fold line tears, foxing, aging, soiling, etc., nonf
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About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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