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BAKER, SAMUEL W.: - Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1875.
. Pp. 542. With two maps (one folding), engraved front portrait and 50 woodcut plates, all protected with tissue guards. Publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt, with gilt vignette of a camel caravan on the upper cover, spine faded. First American edition (first London 1874). This classic work by a celebrated African explorer is about an expedition in 1869, headed by Baker, with the aim to suppress the slave-trade in Central Africa. Baker was the first Englishman to undertake high office under the Egyptian government. A very good copy. Cf Blackmer 66.
EUR 420.00 [Appr.: US$ 456.9 | £UK 357.75 | JP¥ 71138] Booknumber: 100454
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EUR 420.00 [Appr.: US$ 456.9 | £UK 357.75 | JP¥ 71138] Booknumber: 100454
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