A Tropical Dependency - An Outline of the Ancient History of the Western Soudan with an Account Of the Modern Settlement of Northern Nigeria
by Shaw, Flora L. (Lady Lugard)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: James Nisbet and Co, 1905. Includes two maps to rear, both with some tears and tape repairs. Exterior rubbed and bumped, spine discoloured, 'University Womens' Club' label to front board. Front gutter cracked at title page, patches of foxing throughout, light pencil markings and notes throughout, else pp generally clean and bright.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 4to.
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- Bookseller
- Bookcase
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46678
- Title
- A Tropical Dependency - An Outline of the Ancient History of the Western Soudan with an Account Of the Modern Settlement of Northern Nigeria
- Author
- Shaw, Flora L. (Lady Lugard)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James Nisbet and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Topography;
- Size
- 4to
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Carlisle, Cumbria
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