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Through Masai Land
Thomson (Joseph)
Description:
Thomson (Joseph). Through Masai Land: A Journey of Exploration among the snowclad volcanic mountains and strange tribes of Eastern Equatorial. Being the narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's Expedition to Mount Kenia and Lake Victoria Nyanza 1883-1884. Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington, London, 1885.
8vo.,First Edition, xii,583pp. with frontispiece, 59 illustrations and 2 colour folding maps; original green cloth gilt with vignette on upper cover (inner joint tender, first gathering loose, split in lower spine at top, and bottom of spine, corners also a little frayed but overall a good copy).
Details:
- Publisher: Sampson Low Marston & Co.,
- Publisher Place: London
- Date of Publication: 1884
- Edition: First Edition
- Overall Condition: As per description.
- Size: 8vo
- Lot No: 11
- Hammer Price: $1179
- Bids: 19
- Visits: 144
- Estimate: $380/420
- Reserve: $300
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- Name: Chas J. Sawyer
- Address: 46 The Haydens, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1NS.
- Contact Person: Richard Sawyer
- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
- Email: mail@chasjsawyer.com
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