Lot 62
  • 62

Baikie, William Balfour

Estimate
250 - 350 GBP
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Description

  • Baikie, William Balfour
  • Narrative of an Exploring Voyage up the Rivers Kwo'ra and Bi'nue (commonly known as the Niger and Tsadda) in 1854. London: John Murray, 1856
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo, [iv], vii-xvi, 456pp., 32pp. adverts, half-title, folding engraved map, wood-engraved frontispiece, one folding plate, original blindstamped blue cloth, terracotta endpapers, mostly unopened, slipcase, spine slightly faded

Condition

A very good copy apart from the fading to the spine
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