THE AFRICAN SKETCH-BOOK
THE AFRICAN SKETCH-BOOK | Rare and modern books | Reade
Rare and modern books
Reade
Smith, Elder & Co.,
1873
THE AFRICAN SKETCH-BOOK
THE AFRICAN SKETCH-BOOK | Rare and modern books | Reade
Rare and modern books
Reade
Smith, Elder & Co.,
1873
1595.00 €
(Newburyport,
United States of America)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1873
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- Reade
- Publishers
- Smith, Elder & Co.
- Edition
- SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Based on three years' travel in Sierra
- Languages
- English
- First edition
- True
Description
2 volumes. First edition. Illustrated with12 maps and 10 full-page woodcuts. Large folding map at the end of Volume II. 8vo, original dark green cloth, gilt-lettered and pictorially decorated with vignettes on the spines, the upper covers centrally decorated with black letters and vignette in black and gilt, the borders with multiple rules in black. Lower cover border decorated in blind. vii, 483; viii, 529, 2 ads. pp. A handsome set of this scarce double-decker in the original cloth. Just a bit of aging and mellowing but uncommonly well preserved just the same.
