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Tombouctou la Mysterieuse
Felix Dubois
[1897]
Ernest Flammarion : Paris
7" by 4.5"
[4], 379, [1]pp.
SUMMARY
French edition of this illustrated travelogue of Mali by Felix Dubois, in the original French.
Early Edition,Illustrated,Publishers Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
Travelogue of Timbuktu in Mali, north of the Niger River by Felix Dubois, in the original French. Dated from Copac, only early edition of this work published in France by Ernest Flammarion. Sharing observations and impressions of the city and travels through the region, the descriptive text accompanied with lovely vignettes in text after photographs by the author and M. J. Drillon.
Felix Dubois was a French journalist and explorer, his most famous books concern his travels in French West Africa.
CONDITION
In the original publishers full cloth binding, new marbled endpapers. Externally generally smart with minor shelf wear, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, spine sunned. Internally, hinges lightly strained to frontispiece, holding firm, volume firmly bound. Pages clean with age toning, as usual with the type of paper used. Illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes in text.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
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Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
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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.
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