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Rare and modern books

Johnston

BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA, An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the Territories Under British Influence North of the Zambezi.

Methuen & Co., 1897

874.50 €

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(Newburyport, United States of America)

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Year of publication
1897
Place of printing
London
Author
Johnston
Publishers
Methuen & Co.
Edition
SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Harry Johnston spent his life
First edition
Yes

Description

First edition, the true first issue. With over 150 illustrations from drawings and photographs, including 16 plates, and 6 maps on five folding sheets and an electroengraved frontispiece. Large 8vo (250 x 189 mm), publisher’s handsome original black and yellow cloth, lettered in gilt and white on the spine, pictorially decorated in black, yellow, and white on the upper and lower covers, leopard print endpapers, t.e.g. [xx], 544. A well preserved and uncommonly nice copy of this very scarce book, seldom found in true first issue format, this copy shows only a normal bit of aging with extremities a little rubbed, the hinges are sound and tight, the textblock is clean and well preserved.
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