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The Island Metropolis of Eastern Africa First edition. An uncommon title on the spice island as well as on its neighbour island, Pemba. Publishers blue cloth with blind-stamped vignette and border. Gilt title to spine [small repair]. Ex libris. Colour top page-block with library stamp [to page blocks]. Bookplate and library stamp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard. 49 illustrations over 30 plates. 2 small maps on one page. 1 fold-out map [57 x 48 cm] with small tape repair. A very lovely copy.

Publisher
: T. Fisher Unwin., London
Author
Major F. B. Pearce
Date Published
1920
Binding
Hardback
Condition
Very Good

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