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Mockler-Ferryman, Captain A. F.

Up the Niger; Narrative of Major Claude Macdonald's Mission to the Niger and Benue Rivers, West Africa

1892

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Year of publication
1892
Place of printing
London. George Philip & Son
Author
Mockler-Ferryman, Captain A. F.
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Africa
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xx, 326, 4 [ads dated September 1892] pp, frontis portrait, 12 plates, total of 20 illus, folding partly colored map, musical notations, index. original black pictorial cloth with facsimile of letter on cover in silver, silver title lettering, edges lightly rubbed, bookplate of Geoffrey G. Briggs on endpaper, minor foxing on outer edge, very good complete sound copy. A picture of this book is ava The author describes the Niger, Benue, Kebbi Rivers, the tribes and peoples, Lokoja, Fulas, Igbiras, Nupe, Ilorin, Ibo, Biafra, etc. There is a chapter on native musical instruments by Captain C. R. Day with a plate showing several instruments.