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EXPLORATION OF THE NILE TRIBUTARIES OF ABYSSINIA. THE SOURCES, SUPPLY, AND OVERFLOW OF THE NILE; THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE, CUSTOMS, ETC.

Name: EXPLORATION OF THE NILE TRIBUTARIES OF ABYSSINIA. THE SOURCES, SUPPLY, AND OVERFLOW OF THE NILE; THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE, CUSTOMS, ETC.
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Author: Baker, Sir S. W. (Samuel White Baker)

by Baker, Sir S. W. (Samuel White Baker)

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Hartford:O. D. Case and Co., 1868. First Edition. hard cover. Good/No jacket. Interspersed with Highly Exciting Adventures of the Author, Among Elephants, Lions, Buffaloes, Hippopotami, Rhinoceros, Etc.  Accompanied by Expert Native Sword Hunters.  With a Supplementory Sketch Relative to the Captivity and Release of English Subjects and The Career of the Late Emperor Theodore by Rev. W. L. Gage.  Hartford:O. D. Case and Co. 1868. 1st American edition. xx+(24)-624pp. Illustrated, with 2 maps (one folding). Hardcover.   Pebbled brown boards with title in gilt on spine strip soiled, rubbed and shelfworn, with wear along edges, spine ends cipped and frayed and edge points worn to boards. Spine edges of front cover rubbed and worn, fraying and starting to separate from top edge. Page edges soiled.  Internally, brown end-pages lightly soiled with a previous owners name stamped and penciled to 2nd free end-page. Otherwise, aside from an occasional smudge scattered throughout, a very good copy. All illustrations present as called for. The binding is tight, with front hinge just starting and rear intact. 

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Title: EXPLORATION OF THE NILE TRIBUTARIES OF ABYSSINIA. THE SOURCES, SUPPLY, AND OVERFLOW OF THE NILE; THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE, CUSTOMS, ETC.
Author: Baker, Sir S. W. (Samuel White Baker)
Format/Binding: Hard cover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hartford:O. D. Case and Co.
Date Published: 1868
Keywords: AFRICA; NILE; ABYSSINIA; HUNTING; BIG ANIMALS;

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