Southern Africa: A Geography and Natural History of the Country, Colonies, and Inhabitants from the Cape of Good Hope to Angola. Together With Notices of Their Origins, Manners, Habits, Customs, Traditions, Superstitions, Religious Usages, Languages, Past and Present Conditions, Manufactures, Weapons, etc..
by Francis Fleming [ Francis Patrick Flemying ]
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London,: Arthur Hall Virtue & Co, 1856. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, xi + pp487 plus 2 fold out maps (1 Hand coloured) both in very good clean condition with 10 full page b/w engravings and 12 vignettes throughout. Hardcover issued without dust jacket. Handsomely rebound in quarter green morocco over green cloth with 5 raised bands and gilt titles to spine in near fine condition. Inside all pages and plates with top edge gilt in very good clean condition. An excellent copy.
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- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000910
- Title
- Southern Africa: A Geography and Natural History of the Country, Colonies, and Inhabitants from the Cape of Good Hope to Angola. Together With Notices of Their Origins, Manners, Habits, Customs, Traditions, Superstitions, Religious Usages, Languages, Past and Present Conditions, Manufactures, Weapons, etc..
- Author
- Francis Fleming [ Francis Patrick Flemying ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Arthur Hall Virtue & Co
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- topography / africa
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Nikki Green Books
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Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
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- Fine
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- Spine
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