Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa; with Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Region of the Equator being Sketches from Sixteen Years' Travels
by Petherick, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1861. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. folding map, xii, 482p. plus 4p. solicitation of subscriptions to support an expedition by Petherick and Speke to discover the source of the Nile which is tipped to the original front free endpaper and 16p. publisher's advertisements bound in the end after the folding map. Cloth, recently rebacked with most of the original backstrip mounted. 23cm. New endpapers (original front free endpaper preserved).
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- Bookseller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80671
- Title
- Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa; with Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Region of the Equator being Sketches from Sixteen Years' Travels
- Author
- Petherick, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Blackwood
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1861
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McBlain Books
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Hamden, Connecticut
About McBlain Books
Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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