A Walk across Africa: Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal
by Grant, James Augustus
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1864. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. folding map (in pocket), xviii, 452, (2)p. plus (40)p. undated publisher's advertisements. Original green cloth. M'ganda warrior in gilt on front cover. 23cm. Cloth split or fraying at several places along joints. Ex lib. (bookplate -- of the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Los Angeles -- on endpaper and a blackened area on backstrip where a library call number is inked). Also present is a recent owner's bookplate on endpaper. Contents sound and clean with just a little age-toning and foxing. Grant's scarce account of his travels with Speke to confirm the source of the Nile.
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Details
- Seller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 80675
- Title
- A Walk across Africa: Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal
- Author
- Grant, James Augustus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1864
Terms of Sale
McBlain Books
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About the Seller
McBlain Books
Biblio member since 2009
Hamden, Connecticut
About McBlain Books
Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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