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author:
JOBSON, Richard.
title:
THE GOLDEN TRADE or The Discovery of the River Gambra and the Golden Trade of the Aethiopians.
description:
Original cloth-backed boards. A near fine copy. Limited edition of 300 copies only on fine paper, published in Teignmouth, Devon. This is the first reprinting of Jobson's original work of 1623, here published in full. Jobson's was the first separate account of travels in the interior of Africa by an English traveller. He describes the life and customs of the West African peoples and describes the second voyage to Gambia. Printed at the Ballantyne Press for Ernest Speight and Reginald Horace Walpole under the supervision of Charles Kingsley. This was the first publication of the Mary Kingsley Travel Books series of the Saracen's Head Library. No hunting but an interesting African title.
price:
£155.00
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