FOUR THOUSAND MILES OF AFRICAN TRAVEL: A Personal Record of a Journey Up the Nile and through the Soudan to the Confines of Central Africa, Embracing a Discussion on the Sources of the Nile and an Examination of the Slave Trade. By Alvan S. Southworth, Secretary of The American Geographical Society. With Map and Illustrations.
by Southworth, Alvan S
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New York: Baker, Pratt & Co./ London: Sampson, Low & Co., 1875., 1875.. Fair. - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in pictorial dark green cloth with an image of Native Africans stamped on the front cover and titled in gilt with a gilt device on the spine. The covers are rubbed and stained with wear to the corners and head & tail of the spine. xi, [3] & (1) - 381 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, 20 plates with tissue guards & 3 maps including a folding map of "The Nile Slave District". Pages 33-48 are misbound after page 64, apparently as published. The hinges are cracked and the text block is cracked near the front with the first signature (group of pages) detached but present. The front edge of the book and bottom of the pages are dampstained. Good working copy.
First edition.
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- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
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- Title
- FOUR THOUSAND MILES OF AFRICAN TRAVEL: A Personal Record of a Journey Up the Nile and through the Soudan to the Confines of Central Africa, Embracing a Discussion on the Sources of the Nile and an Examination of the Slave Trade. By Alvan S. Southworth, Secretary of The American Geographical Society. With Map and Illustrations.
- Author
- Southworth, Alvan S
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Baker, Pratt & Co./ London: Sampson, Low & Co., 1875.
- Date Published
- 1875.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FOUR THOUSAND MILES OF AFRICAN TRAVEL; ALVAN S. SOUTHWORTH; MAPS; PLATES; FIRST EDITION; FOLDING MAP; SLAVERY; AFRICA; NILE; NILE SLAVE DISTRICT; SUDAN; CENTRAL AFRICA; SLAVE TRADE; EXPLORATION; TRAVEL; EGYPT; SOUDAN; TOURISM; DANCING GIRLS; NUBIAN DESERT
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