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Speke and the discovery of the source of the Nile
por Maitland, Alexander
- Usado
- Bom
- Capa dura
- Assinado
- Condição
- Bom/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0094574308
- ISBN 13
- 9780094574304
- Livreiro
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Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London: Constable & Co.Ltd., 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pale grey hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Top edge of textblock lightly foxed. Binding sound. Inscribed by the author to Elspeth Huxley on title page. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light sunning to spine. Not price-clipped. 244pp. 12 b/w illustrations plus b/w frontispiece. This book was the first full length portrait John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) whose great achievement was the discovery in 1862 of the main source of the White Nile in the lake which he named Lake Victoria Nyanza. .
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- Livreiro
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
(GB)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 006917
- Título
- Speke and the discovery of the source of the Nile
- Autor
- Maitland, Alexander
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0094574308
- ISBN 13
- 9780094574304
- Editorial
- Constable & Co.Ltd.
- Local de publicação
- London
- Data de publicação
- 1971
- Dimensão
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palavras-chave
- john hanning speke
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Travel and Exploration; Biography/Autobiography;
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Sobre Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Gilt
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...