Colonel Gordon in Central Africa 1874-1879
Author:
HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK (Ed)
Title:
Colonel Gordon in Central Africa 1874-1879
Publisher:
Thos de la Rue & Co 1884
Description:
FOLDING MAP AT REAR, octavo, greem buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 456pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, ffe missing, ex-libris ink stamp to verso of frotnispiece, light foxing to prelims & terminals, illus/plate to pg 160-161 detached & mostly missing- only sm remnant remains & is very brittle, sm section of page 377-380 torn & partially missing)
Keywords:
autobiography memoir Colonel Gordon Central Africa adventure exploration history customs