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BALLANTYNE, R. M.: BLACK IVORY: A Tale of Adventure Among the Slavers of East Africa.
London: James Nisbet & Co., 1886.
13th thousand. Red pictorial cloth, embossed in gilt and black. Frontispiece. With illustrations. Contents: Rep creased. Red dye run onto edges of last few pages. Occasional light smudge marks and a few corners slightly turned, otherwise good. Boards: closed split edge of spine. 1cm x 3.5cm loss top of spine. Spine darkened, with top and tail nicked. Corners scuffed. Dye run rear panel. Front pictorial area quite bright. Previous owner's inscription. A tight reading copy. 416 pp + catalogue
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STABLES, Gordon.: IN THE LAND OF THE LION AND THE OSTRICH: A Tale of Struggle and Adventure.
London: The Religious Tract Society, (no date, circa 1897).
Blue pictorial cloth, illustrated with a gold-maned lion pounced on top of a man lying flat on the ground. Gilt embossed lettering. Frontispiece. Illustrations by Alfred Pearse. Contnents: fep and frontispiece repositioned where loose, so a little offset, creased and nicked. Otherwise the main body of text in good, clean condition, with some occasional light smudges. Half-title lost. Owner's signature top of title-page. Inner hinges reinforced. Boards: two long closed splits edge of spine. Strips lost top and tail of spine. Spine darkened. Edges and corners moderately rubbed/scuffed in places. Main front pictorial area good and bright. Reading copy. 287 pp.
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