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Description

Heading: (Africa)
Author:
Title: Two works on African exploration
Place Published: Various places
Publisher:
Date Published: Various dates
Description:

Includes:

Baines, Thomas. Explorations in South-West Africa. Original green cloth, front endpapers crudely replaced. London: Longman, et al, 1864.

Pratt, A.E. Two Years Among New Guinea Cannibals. Original red cloth. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1906.

Two ocatvo volumes.

Condition

Wear and soiling to cloth, hinges cracked, cracking, or with amateur repair; fair to good.

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Two volumes on African Exploration

Name: Two volumes on African Exploration
SKU: 33605966
Price: 375 USD
Availability: InStock

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