Zambesia, England's El Dorado In Africa Being A Description Of Matabeleland and Mashonaland, And The Less Known Adjacent Territories, And An Account Of The Gold Fields Of British South Africa
by Mathers, E. P. [Edward Peter]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London; Cape Town: King, Sell & Railton; Juta & Co, [1891]. HB. Red beveled decorative cloth ruled in gilt, gilt and black lettering on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, vii, 480 pp., black end-papers, TEG. Three pages of ads at the front of book and 14 pages of full-page ads at rear. Frontis portrait of the author, numerous drawings within text, two fold-out color maps in very nice condition. Mathers (1850-1924) was a British journalist who moved to Cape Town in 1878 and traveled extensively through the gold fields of South Africa. Private owner's label on ffep, no other marks in book, binding tight. Spine lettering somewhat sunned, but still clear. A handsome copy of this title. Book condition VG.
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- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MK8035
- Title
- Zambesia, England's El Dorado In Africa Being A Description Of Matabeleland and Mashonaland, And The Less Known Adjacent Territories, And An Account Of The Gold Fields Of British South Africa
- Author
- Mathers, E. P. [Edward Peter]
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- King, Sell & Railton; Juta & Co
- Place of Publication
- London; Cape Town
- Date Published
- [1891]
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- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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