Title: The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs Author: Baker, Samuel W[hite] Place: London Publisher: Macmillan Date: 1868 Description: xix, [1], 568 pp. Wood-engraved plates from drawings by the author; steel-engraved frontispiece; 2 maps (1 folding) with some hand-coloring. 8½x5¼, original blue cloth, cover decorated in gilt with image of elephant chasing a man on a horse. Third Edition. Samuel Baker, accompanied by his wife, explored up the Nile, located the Albert N'yanza, and investigated the equatorial lake system which supplied the Nile. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to extremities, spine a bit darkened, spots of soiling; front hinge cracked; cracking at gutters between signatures; else very good. Item number: 201706
Title: The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs Author: Baker, Samuel W[hite] Place: London Publisher: Macmillan Date: 1868 Description: xix, [1], 568 pp. Wood-engraved plates from drawings by the author; steel-engraved frontispiece; 2 maps (1 folding) with some hand-coloring. 8½x5¼, original blue cloth, cover decorated in gilt with image of elephant chasing a man on a horse. Third Edition. Samuel Baker, accompanied by his wife, explored up the Nile, located the Albert N'yanza, and investigated the equatorial lake system which supplied the Nile. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to extremities, spine a bit darkened, spots of soiling; front hinge cracked; cracking at gutters between signatures; else very good. Item number: 201706
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