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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Sir Samuel W. Baker

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia

and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs

Published: MacMillan and Co, London, 1867

Edition: First edition

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1 volume. First edition 1867.

Binding by Bickers & Son, London

Full-leather fine binding [presentation volume].

5 raised bands with gilt decorative panels.

Morocco title.

Marbled endpapers and page-blocks.

Portrait frontispiece.

xxii, [1], 596 pages.

Full-page plates [additional plate on page 484 not listed].

Colour full-page map.

Slight foxing at first few pages otherwise nice and clean.

Baker and his wife Florence spent several years in the region

hunting and exploring the upper reaches of the great river's

tributaries in this case the Atbara and the Rahad.

Recorded shipping weight 2000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 22 x 15.5 cm
  • Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Tom Moloney
  • Country: Ireland
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