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Kirke, Henry

Twenty-Five Years in British Guiana

1898

229.36 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1898
Place of printing
London. Sampson Low, Marston & Company
Author
Kirke, Henry
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - South America
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xi, 364 pp, frontis (port of author), plates and illustrations from photos and drawings, the colored folding map not in the list of illustrations is present, glossary of Creole words, index. original cloth, gilt stamped lettering on front cover and spine, spine lettering clear, minor foxing on few leaves, map with tear at stub, edges lightly rubbed, but a clean near fine solid copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Welch 53. Cundall 1637. The author describes the country in detail, the peoples including Indians, cities, towns, country-side, society, social and living conditions, economy, nature, etc and provides good illustrations. Its one of the few books on the area from this period.