Far Away Up the Nile
by Millais, John G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
CA$242.46CA$169.72
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Longmans, Green & Co, 1924. John Millais (1865 -1931) was a British artist, naturalist, and travel writer. He travelled extensively around the world in the late Victorian period detailing wildlife often for the first time. He is noted for illustrations that are of a particularly exact nature. In 1921 he travelled with his son Raoul Millais to the southern Sudan and mapped for the first time large areas of Bahr al Ghazal. CONDITION Red bds (damp stain to leading edges, cloth buffed at tips) pp 254 with 48 plates illus by the author and his son, two photo illus and one map. A pretty good copy internally near fine condition, very bright and clean. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14961
- Title
- Far Away Up the Nile
- Author
- Millais, John G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- EGYPT NUBIA HUNTING SUDAN DINKA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
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