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Lot 317
Sale 654 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
May 1, 2019
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Lot Description
BAKER, Samuel White, Sir (1821-1893) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. London: Macmillan and Co., 1867.
8vo (220 x 142 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, 23 wood-engraved plates, 2 maps (1 folding, tears at fold, old tape repairs verso) Original publisher's blue pictorial cloth gilt (spine repaired and darkened, a few other stains, joints starting).
FIRST EDITION of Baker's classic account of his exploration of all the Nile tributaries in Abyssinia. Czech p.11.