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Rare and modern books

Portal

MY MISSION TO ABYSSINIA

Edward Arnold, 1892

874.50 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, United States of America)

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Year of publication
1892
Place of printing
London
Author
Portal
Publishers
Edward Arnold
Edition
RARE FIRST EDITION AND AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY. In October 1887
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

First edition. A COPY WITH FINE PROVENANCE, being the copy of Brigadier General Bertram P. Portal. With 9 splendid illustrations on full page plates and one folding map. 8vo, publisher?s original maroon cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with central gilt pictorial motif of 7 spears and 2 shields on the upper cover. vi, 261, folding map, 2 pages of ads pp. A very handsome copy, the maroon cloth uncommonly fresh and bright and showing very little wear, hinges strong and tight, some of the normal spotting at the prelims.