PARKYNS MANSFIELD - Life in Abyssinia: Being Notes Collected during Three Years' Residence and Travels in that Country

London, John Murray. 1853, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Mansfield Parkyns. Fascinating account of nineteenth century travel and cultural observations in Abyssinia (now Eritrea and Ethiopia), Tidy copy of first edition in original unrepaired binding, corner tips of volume one are rubbed and frayed, small Victorian bookseller label to front paste down of each volume, volume one has binders label to rear paste down, all plates and maps present, two are placed as frontispieces and not in the position dictated by the list of illustrations. blue 'marbled' cloth with gilt decoration to upper boards and spines, minor signs of age but no faults, appendices of volume one are UNOPENED, as is the final half of volume two, (2kg shipping rate, double standard). Very Good/No Jacket.

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