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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

Alan George Sumner Gibson (1856 - 1922)

Between Capetown and Loanda, A Record of Two Journeys in South West Africa (1905)

Published: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., London, 1905

Edition: First Edition

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xi + 203pp + loose map of South Africa at rear.

An unread copy as many pages are still uncut. Binding tight, contents clean with a former owner's name on the front paste down. Pictorial front board of an outspanned ox-wagon and palm tree. Some off-setting or paint loss on the front edges of the boards.

Mendelssohn Vol.I, page 597: 'A missionary journey to German and Portuguese South-West Africa. There are many interesting notes on the Bushmen and Hottentots of Damaraland and Namaqualand.'

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 8vo.
  • Sold By: Rare Paper
  • Contact Person: Armandt Marais
  • Country: South Africa
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