[Rarebooks] fs: The African Wanderers, 1847, 1st ed.
Back Creek Books
rock at backcreekbooks.com
Sun Aug 24 09:20:02 EDT 2008
Greetings Booklovers,
We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 9766 ) Lee, Mrs. R. [Sarah Wallis Bowdich]. THE AFRICAN WANDERERS: OR,
THE ADVENTURES OF CARLOS AND ANTONIO. EMBRACING INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS OF
THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE WESTERN TRIBES, AND THE NATURAL PRODUCTIONS
OF THE COUNTRY.
London: Grant and Griffith, 1847. First edition, 3/4 Leather, Sixteenmo,
[iv], xii, 373 pages, Black & white engraved plates. Very good, ex library.
Victorian novel of the author's experiences in Africa illustrated with
several engraved black and white plates. Bound in marbled paper over boards
with red leather spine and fore corners. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. This
copy is from a private institutional library and bears a catalogue number at
heel of spine and their circular stamp at lower fore corner of front free
endpaper and title page. No other library marks. Prior owner gift
inscription dated 1847 on half title page. Minor rubs to boards with some
shallow chips. Shallow round water tide mark extends 1 cm into margin at top
fore corner of frontispiece. Hinges remain sound. Nice copy of the scarce
first edition. $175.00
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