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1898 1st Edition Exploration & Hunting in Central Africa 1895-96 by A ST H Gibbons
REF: ES1715 / LA370041
£285
€333
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Description
Exploration & Hunting In Central Africa (1895-1896) by A. St. H. Gibbons
Published by Methuen & Co, London
1898. First Edition
Hardback bound in the original gilt decorated cloth binding, complete copy with numerous full page illustrations + folding map to rear.
11 + 408 pages + 40 page publishers catalogue
An uncommon book on big game hunting and in the original binding
measurements
Height:
9 in
Width:
6 in
declaration
Elder Books & Collectables has clarified that the 1898 1st Edition Exploration & Hunting in Central Africa 1895-96 by A ST H Gibbons (LA370041) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1898
condition
Light wear at top & bottom of spine with spine, some minor marks to cloth boards, corners bumped, some cracking to inner front & rear hinge with small evidence of glue being inserted but nothing serious & hinges strong, endpapers browned, very occasional minor mark or crease to pages, a number of margins to the publishers catalogue at rear are chipped from careless opening when pages were uncut. Repaired tear to margin of folding map
Overall a very good copy with majority of pages clean
additional info
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Date of Manufacture:
1898
location
This 1898 1st Edition Exploration & Hunting in Central Africa 1895-96 by A ST H Gibbons is located in Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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