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Lot 217

Travels, Researches, and Missionary Labours, during an Eighteen Years? Residence in Eastern Africa.

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Krapf, J. Lewis, Rev. Dr. Travels, Researches, and Missionary Labours, during an Eighteen Years? Residence in Eastern Africa. London: Trubner & Co., 1860. Original pebbled pictorial gilt cloth, pub.?s ad tipped-in. 8vo. Half-title, port. frontis., two folding maps, twelve beautifully tinted lithographed plates, retaining tissue. Binding weak with some loose gatherings at center, one plate reinforced with old cello-tape and stained yellow in the margin; front hinge also tape-repaired; ex-library bookplate and markings to prelims., some pencil notations. Still a desirable copy, the contents overall very good.