Albert Nyanza- Great Basin of the Nile
by Sir Samuel Baker
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Macmillan, 1866. 2 volumes. Spine gilt with explorer on buffalo; canoes on lake in gilt on front covers. Vol 1- Spine and front cover partly soiled and worn, corners bumped; head and tail of spine very slightly frayed, contents clean and complete, in good order. 375 pages. Repaired, coloured map sewn in after title page; frontispiece- side by side cameos of Sir S Baker and wife, plus 22 prints. Ink stain on 2nd map and opposite page. Vol. 2 far superior, tighter, fewer signs of wear, uniform with vol.1, 384 pages including index both books; coloured frontispiece- boats on lake, plus 11 plates.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 5.5 " x 8.0". Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Bosco Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028331
- Title
- Albert Nyanza- Great Basin of the Nile
- Author
- Sir Samuel Baker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Date Published
- 1866
- Size
- 5.5 " x 8.0"
- Keywords
- AFRICA, EXPLORATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Topography; Africa; Exploration;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bosco Books
Full refund on any book returned. Please notify within seven days.
About the Seller
Bosco Books
Biblio member since 2005
Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen
About Bosco Books
Bookshop in converted Chapel in Cornish fishing port. We also stock old maps, prints and original paintings by local artists.
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- Spine
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- Tail
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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