BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE (Sir) The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia and the sword hunters of the Hamran Arabs. London: MacMillan and Co., 1867. First edition. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth. 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 14.5 cm); iii-xxii, [ii], 596 pp., 2 maps [colored, one folding], 24 plates. Spine wrinkled, light wear, internally a clean copy but with hinges repaired (preserving the brown endpapers). Baker's classic account, summarizing his exploration of all the Nile tributaries in Abyssinia. This journey preceded that to the Albert N'yanza, but was published after. Czech (Africa) p. 11; Hilmy I p. 50 C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
BAKER, SAMUEL WHITE (Sir) The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia and the sword hunters of the Hamran Arabs. London: MacMillan and Co., 1867. First edition. Publisher's blue pictorial cloth. 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 14.5 cm); iii-xxii, [ii], 596 pp., 2 maps [colored, one folding], 24 plates. Spine wrinkled, light wear, internally a clean copy but with hinges repaired (preserving the brown endpapers). Baker's classic account, summarizing his exploration of all the Nile tributaries in Abyssinia. This journey preceded that to the Albert N'yanza, but was published after. Czech (Africa) p. 11; Hilmy I p. 50 C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson
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