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Kirke, Henry

Twenty-Five Years in British Guiana

1898

218,08 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1898
Lieu d'édition
London. Sampson Low, Marston & Company
Auteur
Kirke, Henry
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - South America
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xi, 364 pp, frontis (port), 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 lettering on front cover & spine, spine very lightly faded but lettering clear, minor foxing on few leaves, map with very short tear at stub but a clean near fine solid copy, cover unworn and fresh, much better than usually found. A p Cundall 1637. Welch 53. The author describes the country in some 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.