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Travels in the Interior of Africa
Mungo Park
1893
Adam and Charles Black : London
7" by 5"
xviii, 392pp
SUMMARY
Mungo Park's account of his travles in Africa with an illustration to frontispiece and a vignette title page and further illustrations throughout.
Decorative Binding,Illustrated
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
With a preface by Park and his Life to front.
Mungo Park (1771 - 1806) was a Scottish explorer of the African continent. He was credited as being the first Westerner to encounter the Niger River.
A prize presentation copy with bookplate to front free endpaper dated 1898.
CONDITION
In an illustrated cloth binding. Externally, generally smart but with slight wear to extremities and slight staining to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Generally bright and clean throughout with only very slight foxing to endpapers.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
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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