Lot 690
  • 690

Johnston, Harry Hamilton

Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
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Description

  • Johnston, Harry Hamilton
  • George Grenfell and the Congo. A History and Description of the Congo Independent State and adjoining Districts of Congoland. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1908
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (236 x 150mm.), (vol.1) xxiv, 496pp.; (vol.2) [iv], vii-xx, 497-990pp., half-titles, 14 maps [3 folding, 8 full page in the text], 35 plates [30 photographic], 460 text illustrations [436 photographic], original black cloth, top edges gilt, printed dust-jackets, slipcase

Condition

A very fine copy
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