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Baker,S.W. Ismailia. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. 2 vols. London, Macmillan 1874. gr.8°. With engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 (1 folded) col. Maps and 51 woodcut plates. pp. III-VIII, 447, 55 pp.; pp. III-VIII, 588 pp. Green olive cloth binding with gilt embossing and rverg. (rubbed and worn, chap. somewhat torn). Embacher p. 19. Blackmer 66. Czech p. 11. First edition. - Description of the founding of Ismailia and the expedition to Central Africa against the slave trade. - Some foxing, folding map with repaired fold tears. Fold tears.

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Baker,S.W. Ismailia. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. 2 vols. London, Macmillan 1874. gr.8°. With engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 (1 folded) col. Maps and 51 woodcut plates. pp. III-VIII, 447, 55 pp.; pp. III-VIII, 588 pp. Green olive cloth binding with gilt embossing and rverg. (rubbed and worn, chap. somewhat torn). Embacher p. 19. Blackmer 66. Czech p. 11. First edition. - Description of the founding of Ismailia and the expedition to Central Africa against the slave trade. - Some foxing, folding map with repaired fold tears. Fold tears.

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