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Travels and Life in Ashanti and Jaman
Richard Austin Freeman
1898
Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. : Westminster
9.5" by 6.5"
xx, 559pp.
SUMMARY
The first edition of this travel log by Richard Austin Freeman, with photographs by the author.
Colour Plates,First Edition,Folding Maps,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good Only
This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, numerous vignettes, a full colour map and twenty monochrome plates. Collated complete.
This autobiographical work was written by Richard Austin Freeman, a British detective writer. The work documents the author's time in Ashanti and Jaman where he volunteered as medical officer. Freeman describes his activities as a doctor, naturalist and surveyor during the expedition.
In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking free endpapers and blanks.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original cloth. Externally sound with with fading to the spine, damp stains to the spine and rear, marks to the boards and bumping to the extremities. Lacking front and rear free endpapers with front hinge starting and rear tender, a damp stain to the tail of the rear pastedown and scattered spotting. Internally lacking blacks, otherwise generally firmly bound with cords showing in places. Pages very lightly age toned with the odd spot and occasional tidemarks, heaviest to the tail of the rear pages.
Overall Condition: Good Only
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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