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Through the Dark Continent or The Sources of the Nile around the great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean
by Henry M Stanley
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Petworth, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rare copy of the 1890 new and cheaper edition. Attractive pictorial boards with gilt rowing boat and black Nile scene. Gilt lettering to spine. Red cloth boards. Spine has faded and is bumped and split at the top. Front hinge is beginning to crack, otherwise good. Pages are age-tanned but clean. Front tissue guard is foxed as is title page. Numerous black and white engravings. A fascinating account on Stanley's travels in Africa. 1890
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- Bookseller
- Reader’s Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3125
- Title
- Through the Dark Continent or The Sources of the Nile around the great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean
- Author
- Henry M Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Petworth, West Sussex
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Market town general antiquarian book shop specialising in literature, travel and history.
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Hinge
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- Title Page
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
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