Reality Versus Romance in South Central Africa
by James Johnston MD
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Flemming H. Revell Company, 1893. Being an account of a journey across the continent from Benguella on the West through Bihe, Ganguella, Barotse, The Kalihari Desert, Mashonaland, Manica, Gorongoza, Nyasa, The Shire Highlands, to the Mouth of the Zambezi on the East Coast. Rebound in red library buckram with gilt titles to spine. Ex library copy with library bookplate to front paste down and library slip pasted to rear. Library stamps throughout. Photogravures throughout and large fold out map of the area to rear; map has been relined. A very good, restored, ex library library copy.
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Details
- Seller
- Quagga Books (ZA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 7464
- Title
- Reality Versus Romance in South Central Africa
- Author
- James Johnston MD
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Flemming H. Revell Company
- Date Published
- 1893
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africana; Travel & Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Quagga Books
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About the Seller
Quagga Books
Biblio member since 2018
Cape Town
About Quagga Books
We have been in business for over 25 years. Situated in Kalk Bay, Cape Town at the Southern tip of Africa, we deal in all types of collectable books. Over the years we have been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, Louis Vuitton Travel Guide, The Guardian and numerous others.
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.