Lot #1053 - 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 #:1053
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Lot Description:Books On Africa (3)
ELLIS, A.B., The Land of Fetish, London, Chapman and Hall, 1883. First edition. viii,316pp., blank endpapers foxed, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 morocco and cloth boards, spine gilt with raised bands. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library on front board and at spine base. No internal markings. An excellent copy. Very scarce; CRUICKSHANK, Brodie, Eighteen Years on the Gold Coast of Africa. Including an account of the Native Tribes, and their intercourse with Europeans, London, Hurst and Blackett, 1853. Two volumes. First edition. viii,345,(3),vi,335,(1)pp., 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf and marbled boards, spines with raised bands gilt and contrasting title label, spines somewhat rubbed, now stabilised with conservation leather dressing. Old ownership stamp of a parliamentary library on title pages and a couple in text. No external markings; ORR, Captain C.W.J., The Making of Northern Nigeria, London, Macmillan, 1911, 4 maps (2 coloured, 3 folding), (10),306,(2)p -
Estimate:A$375 - 500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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