BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE (Sir) Ismailïa. A narrative of the expedition to Central Africa for the suppression of the slave trade, organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt. London: MacMillan and Co., 1874. First edition. Two volumes, publisher's green pictorial cloth. 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 14.5 cm); (vol.1) [ii], [v]-viii, 448 pp., 28, [4] pp. adverts; (vol.2) [ii], [v]-viii, 588 pp., 2 colored maps (one folding],) 53 plates. Light binding wear, some cockling to cloth, several repairs to the fold of the first map.. Baker, an ardent abolitionist, was very familiar with the Nile Basin region from his 1866 explorations. An enthusiastic hunter, he and his troops bagged a variety of game. Blackmer 66; Czech (Africa) p. 11; Hilmy I p. 49. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE (Sir) Ismailïa. A narrative of the expedition to Central Africa for the suppression of the slave trade, organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt. London: MacMillan and Co., 1874. First edition. Two volumes, publisher's green pictorial cloth. 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 14.5 cm); (vol.1) [ii], [v]-viii, 448 pp., 28, [4] pp. adverts; (vol.2) [ii], [v]-viii, 588 pp., 2 colored maps (one folding],) 53 plates. Light binding wear, some cockling to cloth, several repairs to the fold of the first map.. Baker, an ardent abolitionist, was very familiar with the Nile Basin region from his 1866 explorations. An enthusiastic hunter, he and his troops bagged a variety of game. Blackmer 66; Czech (Africa) p. 11; Hilmy I p. 49. C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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