MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA INCLUDING A SKETCH OF SIXTEEN YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA (true first edition)
by Livingstone, David
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London 1857 First edition. John Murray. Hardcover. Title continues "And a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the west coast; thence across the continent down the river Zambesi to the Eastern Ocean." Octavo, 687p. Marbled page ends. Original marbled end papers. Foldout frontispiece engraving by Whympe plus 45 plates in text including steel engraved portrait of Livingstone; two large folding maps. 3/4 brown leather with colorful marbled boards and fully gilt decorated backstrip. Owner bookplate (C. F. Rowsell.) VG+, board edges lightly worn; binding secure, text clean. Beautiful book. Pictures provided upon request. .
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- Xerxesbooks (US)
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- Title
- MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA INCLUDING A SKETCH OF SIXTEEN YEARS' RESIDENCE IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA (true first edition)
- Author
- Livingstone, David
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- africa travel exploration
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