A Journey to Central Africa, or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of the White Nile de Taylor, Bayard - 1870

G.P. Putnam, 1859. Hardcover. Acceptable. G.P. Putnam; NY, 1859. Hardcover. Fair to Good only, Ex-Library, with typical library markings, corners bumped, pages are spotted, spine is split along edges, spine discolored soiling and sunning to boards, sunning to original cloth spine, brown tape over bottom spine, abrasions to board corners, bit fraying to spine edges, top text block edge a bit dusty, some scattered foxing to text block edges and front/back matters, without Dust wrapper. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 522pp, folding map at rear torn but present. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

New York.: G.P. Putnam and Son., 1870. “Household Edition”.. Publisher’s black cloth, gilt spine title, blindstamped borders.. Very good plus, light wear to spine ends, light foxing to preliminaries.. 12mo., 19.5x13 cm.. This edition issued without the map. weight: 1.4 lb.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

NY: Putnam. GOOD book. Spine ends chipped.Tips worn. Orig embossed red cloth. (1854). 1st edition.. Hardcover. GOOD book.Gilt vignette of North African (Arab) on front cover, gilt obelisk on spine. Neatly inked name, Dec 25, 1854 inside. . Light foxing throughout. 8vo, 522pp. BAL 19646 with the BAL type "T" cloth. Backstrip attached only at front hinge. Tight binding. Lithographed frontis & (4) full page illus with tissue guards. Many in text woodcuts. Frontis from a Matthew Brady daguerrotype. A dozen or so in text wood cuts. Map at back unfolds once vertically & twice horizontally. Map's central folding point, next to the spine, has a 2" tear. Other than the 2" tear, a flawless map. .

New York: G. P. Putnam. Very Good. 1862. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Gilt spine lettering a bit faded. Slight dampstaining to endpapers. Very small intendation to front board and first few pages. Very light foxing to first few pages. ; Dark green buckram boards with blindstamped linear decoration and gilt spine lettering. Beautiful steel engraved tissue guarded frontispiece. Rear fold-out "map of the course of the Nile and adjacent countries" with minor edgewear. Else handsome, tight and clean. - Bayard Taylor was a successful travel writer. "A Journey to Central Africa" was published in the earlier part of his career. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 522 pages .

New York: G. P. Putnam. 1854. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fair in boards. Map is missing. Foxing, wear to pages. Chipping to boards. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .