LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE: The Great Missionary Explorer, in the Interior of Africa, Comprising all His Extensive Travels and Discoveries as Detailed in His Diary, Reports and Letters, and Including His Famous Last Journals,...
by Livingstone, David
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: John E. Potter and Company (1874) 644 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine darkened. Discoloration to bottom corner of rear cover. Previous owner's name in pencil on front blank endpaper. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. Dampstain to bottom corner of several leaves in rear, not affecting any text. Illust. w/ maps and numerous illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE: The Great Missionary Explorer, in the Interior of Africa, Comprising all His Extensive Travels and Discoveries as Detailed in His Diary, Reports and Letters, and Including His Famous Last Journals,...
- Author
- Livingstone, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- John E. Potter and Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY LIVINGSTONE DAVID 1813 1873 JOURNALS EXPLORATIONS EXPLORER MEDICAL HISTORY DOCTOR SCOTTISH MISSIONARY MISSIONS RELIGION GOD CHRISTIANITY JESUS CHRIST WORLD HISTORY DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL SOUTH AFRICA NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; Autobiography; Exploration; Medical;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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