The heart of Africa: three years' travels and adventures in the unexplored regions of central Africa from 1868 to 1871 ... with an introduction by Winwood Reade ... Third and cheaper edition
by Schweinfurth, Georg, Dr
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, n.d., 1890. 2 volumes, small 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 298, [2]; viii, 308; folding map with route outlined in color; 16 wood-engraved plates by J. D. Cooper plus other wood engravings in the text; small breaks in the cloth at the spine ends, spines lightly sunned, else near fine in original pictorial red cloth stamped in black on upper covers, and in gilt on spine. First published in English in 1873.
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- Title
- The heart of Africa: three years' travels and adventures in the unexplored regions of central Africa from 1868 to 1871 ... with an introduction by Winwood Reade ... Third and cheaper edition
- Author
- Schweinfurth, Georg, Dr
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, n.d.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Sudan , , ,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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