Life In Abyssinia

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. D. Appleton and Company,1854. VOLUME II ONLY. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Deep green elaborately embossed boards, gilt title and design on spine a bit dulled. Cover has moderate shelfwear, corners and spine ends rubbed through. Overall minor scuffing. Hinges partially cracked. Writing on front pastedown… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good+. 1854. First American Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Light chipping to bottom spines. Former owner's name on title pages. Vol. 1: First few pages with slight discoloration to one corner. A bit of browning to frontispiece and title page initiated by the tissue guard. Very light… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appleton, 1854. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. frontises, illustrations, 350, 355p. plus (10)p. publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. I and (4)p. publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. II. Original dark green cloth. 21cm. Covers sound and clean with some moderate chipping at ends of backstrips. Foxing (mostly on frontises and title-pages).… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. First American edition, 2 volumes 8vo, pp. 350 [10] ads; 355, [1], [4] ads; 12 wood-engraved plates, one wood engraving in the text; original blindstamped green cloth, pictorial gilt-stamped spine a little dull, small cracks and chips at spine ends, but on the whole a good, sound copy.

London: John Murray, 1853 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, 1853. First edition, 2 volumes 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 425, [1]; iv, 432; folding map with route outlined in red, 18 plates plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; recent half maroon morocco, gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; old institutional rubberstamp in bottom margin of title pages, both frontispieces a bit dampstained,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hardcover. Fair. Murray, London, 1853, first edition; volume I only, of two; 8vo, 150 x 220mm; pp xv, 425; frontispiece, 20 (one of these, 'Abyssinian Travelling', being present as a modern facsimile) wood engraved plates or other illustrations and a large folding map of Abyssinia and Nubia to illustrate Parkyns's journey; dull green cloth titled gilt on the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: John Murray, 1853. First Edition. Parkyns spent three years travelling in Abyssinia, from 1843-46. His narrative, which includes remarks and observations on climate, natural history, hunting, missionary activity, slavery, manners and customs, government and law, diseases and modes of cure, and accounts of journeys to Taccazy, Cafta, Soufi, and Khartoum, corroborated certain statements made by James Bruce in… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Frank Cass, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis, illustrations (in text), folding map, xxviii, 446p. Original green cloth. 22 cm. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1868 Second Edition.

, Vol.1 [2] xv [1] 1-425, [1] pages, Vol.2, [2] iv 1-432 pages, 18 plates including illustrated frontispieces and a fold-out map; one plate listed in volume I is bound as the frontispiece to volume 2

Hardback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Life in Abyssinia: being notes collected during three years' residence and travels in that country..

In two volumes. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854 Small 8vo. 350pp. and 355pp. 13 plates and illustrations. One of the important nineteenth century English travellers in Ethiopia, Parkyns spent three years between 1843 and 1846 in the north of that country. With excellent descriptions of the country, people, manners and customs, etc.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Adamant Media Corporation, 2002-02-06. Paperback. Used:Good.

D. Appleton and Company. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. Vol. 1. Joints torn. A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

D. Appleton and Company. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Vol. 2. (Ethiopia, description and travel) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

hardcover. 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.

Paperback / softback. New.

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