Baker - ISMALIA, 2 VOLS

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Baker - ISMALIA, 2 VOLS

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Sir Samuel W Baker

ISMALIA: A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AFRICA FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SAVE TRADE, ORGANIZED BY ISMAIL, KHEDIVE OF EGYPT, 2 VOLS

London: Macmillan, 1874

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, Vol I: viii + 448 + 55pp, frontis + 21 plates + one folding map; Vol II: viii + 588pp, frontis + 29 plates + one map; original green cloth with gilt, wear to head- and tail cap, corners bumped, wear to hinges and boards, names of previous owner on title page and ep with bookplate removed in both volumes, foxing; Vol I: hinge cracked in two places, folding map with 7cm tear from hinge, one page with 3cm tear in margin, one section with broken binding thread; Vol II: some pencil underlining, back hinge cracked
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Jürgen Witt Collection