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A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome (Two Volume Set)
by BURTON, R. F
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hay on Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1893. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper. 8vo. - Memorial Edition Volumes III & IV - Two volumes, complete - Sumptuously decorated in gilt including an engraving of an "Amazon" to the upper board and Sir Richard Burton's Tomb to the lower board - Boards are a little marked and rubbed w/ a few scuffs to rear boards - Gilt lettering to spine slightly faded - Some chips and dents to edges - Corners and spine ends bumped and chipped - Edges of text block toned and grubby w/ some foxing - Some foxing to prelim pages but foxing light throughout content - Page margins tanned w/ age - Spine cracked but not open - Books ow/ solid and clean - xxi/256viii/305 pages
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- Green Ink Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 635260
- Title
- A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome (Two Volume Set)
- Author
- BURTON, R. F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- No dustwrapper
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Hay on Wye, Powys
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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