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Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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BAKER, Samuel White, Sir (1821-1893). A group of 3 works, comprising:
The Albert N'yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources. London: Macmillan, 1866. 2 volumes, 8vo. 15 plates (one tinted lithograph), 2 maps (one folding). -- BAKER, Samuel White, Sir (1821-1893) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. London: Macmillan, 1867. 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous wood-engraved plates, 2 maps. Contemporary half blue morocco, marbled boards. -- BAKER, Samuel White, Sir (1821-1893). Explorations of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. Hartford: O.D. Case, 1868. 8vo. Numerous wood-engraved plates, 2 maps (one folding). Provenance: Library of the American Museum of Natural History (small blind stamp on title-page). -- All FIRST EDITIONS, in original publisher's cloth except where indicated, condition generally fine.