1910 To Abyssinia Through an Unknown Land Captain Stigand Illus 1st Scarce

Description: Click here to see our other books! To Abyssinia Through an Unknown Land An Account of a Journey Through Unexplored Regions of British East Africa by Lake Rudolf o the Kingdom of Menelek Captain C H Stigand 1910 Seeley and Co. : London 9" by 6" xiv, 352pp, 16pp SUMMARY Chauncey Stigand's account of his time in British East Africa with the King's African Rifles. First Edition,Folding Maps,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce Overall Condition: Very Good This book weighs 1 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 22.99 EU Postage: £ 16.99 European Postage: £ 17.99 Asia Postage: £ 22.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 28.99 DESCRIPTION ‘To Abyssinia Through an Unknown Land’ is Chauncey Hugh Stigand’s accounts of his traveling to East Africa in 1901 with the King’s African Rifles. Other notable servicemen of the King’s African Rifles were Roald Dahl, Waruhiu Itote, and John Seymour. Stigand was a notable hunter, and was also posted to the Upper White Nile in the Egyptian army. With a frontispiece, thirty-five plates, and two maps. Collated; complete. CONDITION In the original publisher’s cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light marking to the boards, causing slight discolouration. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Some cockling to the spine. Light rubbing to the joints. Marking and half a label to the rear pastedown. Offsetting to the verso of the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with just the odd spot, mostly focused to the first and last few pages. Overall Condition: Very Good GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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