Add this copy of How I Crossed Africa: From the Atlantic to the Indian to cart. $125.00, good condition, Sold by Structure, Verses, Agency Book rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Spray, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1881 by R.W. Bliss and Company.
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Good. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, a still attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy of the one-volume abridged form of the original true First Edition, this being translated by Alfred Elwes. Unbruised tips, lightly soiled paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Burgundy cloth covers, moderately worn and soiled, but still sharp and distinct gilt lettering and illustration to cover, moderate rubbing of gilt lettering and illustration to spine. Bumping to and scuffing of spine head and foot. Some soiling to endpapers, else clean and unmarked but for some penciled notes on final page. Several dozen black-and-white illustrations, collated and complete, nearly two dozen of which that are in color. Fine frontis engraving on wood, tissue-guarded. Comprising Volume I--The King's Rifle, with: Volume II--The Coillard Family. A single page of publisher's ads. Lovely map showing the route the author took from Benguella to Durban. Marjor Serpa Pinto was an influential Portuguese traveler, said to have been one of the first Europeans to have traversed the continent of Africa from west to east. xiii [2], 406 pp.
Add this copy of How I Crossed Africa From the Atlantic to the Indian to cart. $214.00, very good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1881 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington.
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Very Good. VOLUME 2 ONLY. quarter leather binding with marbled boards. the last quarter of the book has suffered light damp damage and the pages are wavy and the ink has bled a little. all pages are clear and the damage is light. the book has a previous owner's signature. the boards are worn, especially the rear board. internally complete with all illustrations and maps as called for (rf400)
Add this copy of How I Crossed Africa: From the Atlantic to the Indian to cart. $630.00, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1881 by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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Good (ex-library with expected marks, plus perforation stamp on full page plates and foldout map. blind stamps on title page, pg 1, and perhaps elsewhere in both volumes. wear to margins of pgs 193, 195, repaired. rebound with acidic endpapers which... Green library buckram. xxx + 377 pp + 388 pp. BW figures. Map in rear pocket.
