Lot #1046 - Books On Africa (3)
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1046
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Lot Description:Books On Africa (3)
BENT, J.Theodore, The Sacred City of the Ethiopians. Being a record of travel and research in Abyssinia in 1893, London, Longmans, 1893. First edition, Frontis., 8 plates (4 folding), folding coloured map, numerous illustrations in text, xv,309pp., 24pp. publisher's adverts, intermittent pale foxing/browning, 8vo., cloth with gilt vignette on front cover, and gilt ownership crest of a parliamentary library on front cover. No ownership marks internally. Despite the foxing, a nice copy. Howgego 4. B37; 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, Murray, 1856. First edition, Wood-engraved frontis. and title vignette, large folding map, large folding plan and elevation of the 'iron screw schooner' named 'Pleiad' used in the expedition, xvi,456pp., a few spots of foxing to prelims and plan and map, otherwise clean, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf and marbled bo -
Estimate:A$650 - 850
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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