Ismailia

R1,750.00

A Narrative Of The Expedition To Central Africa For The Suppression Of The Slave Trade, Organised By Ismail, Khedive Of Egypt.

Original cloth with 3 mm replaced at tail. Vignette in black on front cover. Vignette in gold repaired on spine. My large bookplate on front free end paper can be removed on request. Frontis & 49 b&w illustrations, 1 colour fold map. 1map MISSING, 1 hinge repaired, slight water damage on rear cover not easily seen. Some water damage throughout espically to frontis & tissue guard and the ads at rear but not noticable elsewhere except on the margins of the illustrations. Faded title on spine. xx+524 pages including index + 32 pages ads. First Edition, 3rd Impression. Hard Cover Green Cloth. Covered in archival plastic. This book is importantant in the context of the Slave Trade and is becoming very rare.

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Description

Authored by Sir Samuel W. Baker and published by Macmillan of London. in 1886. Hard cover bound  this First Edition, 3rd Impression. copy is in Good condition with No dustwrap as issued. The size of the book is197x137x38mm  with 524 pages.