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Menelik et Nous
Hughes le Roux
1902
Librairie Nilsson : Paris
9.5" by 6.5"
[7] 446pp
SUMMARY
A heavily illustrated travel work detailing Hughes Le Roux's travels to Dijbouti and Addis Ababa at the turn of the twentieth century.
Folding Maps,Illustrated,Leather Binding,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 23.99
EU Postage: £ 18.99
European Postage: £ 19.99
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DESCRIPTION
A fascinating travelogue detailing the journey of Hughes Le Roux through Abyssinia, or modern day Ethiopia, particularly Djibouti and Addis Adaba.
In the original French.
Hughes Le Roux was a French journalist and writer who mostly wrote about travel and the French colonies.
Including an illustrated title page, three illustrated plates (two of which are in colour), and a folding map to the rear, along with numerous in-text illustrations.
Collated and complete.
Containing the bookplate of one Clinton E. Geiser to the front pastedown.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original half morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart, with shelf wear to the boards and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Spine is slightly faded. Containing the bookplate of one Clinton E. Geiser to the front pastedown. Internally, front hinge is very tender, and rear hinge is slightly strained. Pages are bright and clean.
Overall Condition: Very Good
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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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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