My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories
by Stanley, Henry M
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Original illustrated olive cloth lettered in gilt, a.e.g. Some rippling to cloth of spine, front hinge discretely repaired, smal
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 314795
- Title
- My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories
- Author
- Stanley, Henry M
- Format/Binding
- Plates and illustrations in text. viii, 335, [1] pp + 32 pp publisher's catalogue. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original illustrated olive cloth lettered in gilt, a.e.g. Some rippling to cloth of spine, front hinge discretely repaired, smal
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Sampson, Low, Marston
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Africa | Zoology
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Travel & Geography;
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