AUSTRAL AFRICA, LOSING IT OR RULING IT

MacKenzie (Rev. John)

Description:

Being Incidents and Experiences in Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, and England.

2 volumes, 515 + 525 pages, frontispiece portraits of the author in each volume, 30 plates and text illustrations, 2 coloured folding maps, original brown cloth – spines slightly darkened - with a map of Austral Africa stamped in black on the upper covers and gilt titling on the upper covers and spines, foxing on the title page of volume I otherwise the contents are clean and bright, a very good set.

Details:

  • Publisher: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1887
  • Edition: First edition
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (230 x 150 mm)
  • Lot No: 52
  • Hammer Price: $150
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 86
  • Estimate: $250/300
  • Reserve: $150

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