1885 Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago antique Java Sumatra

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Title: 1885 Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago antique Java Sumatra

Description: Forbes, Henry O.
A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago.
A Narrative of Travel and Exploration From 1878 to 1883.
Illustrated. With fold-out maps.
Harper & Brothers: New York; 1885
First Edition
Size: 6 1/8 by 9 inches
Original embossed decorative cloth
xix, 536, 4 pp.
Some wear of binding, very good interior
Text in English
Ex Library.
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Travels to Cocos-Keeling Islands; Java; Sumatra; the Moluccas and Timor-Laut; and In Timor
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1885 Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago antique Java Sumatra

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