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JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN ASHANTEE
by DUPUIS, Joseph
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- first
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- Seller
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1824. DUPUIS, Joseph. JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN ASHANTEE. Comprising notes and researches relative to the Gold Coast, and the Interior of Western Africa; chiefly collected from Arabic MSS. and information communicated by the Moslems of Guinea: to which is prefixed an account of the origin and causes of the present war. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1824. First edition. Illustrated with a folding map and fifteen plates, of which three are folding and one a double-spread. [2],viii,xxxviii,[2],264,cxxxvi pp. Quarto, untrimmed. Original binding; brick cloth spine and grey paper boards, with a printed paper spine label. Boards show general wear at edges and moderate soiling. The cloth spine is sunned and worn through in places, revealing a heavier cloth support below, and the label is chipped. Sporadic foxing throughout text leaves, mostly in the margins, with occasional soiling; however, the foxing is moderately heavy on the opening and closing leaves. The plates show light to moderate foxing, and a few of the plates have some splitting at folds. One plate has an irregular closed tear at the inside edge of the plate. The map also has an irregular tear and is missing chip at the inside edge of the plate. Nonetheless, it is a scarce work, complete and in original boards. Lowndes calls it "a valuable work written by a man of talent." (Abbey 281).
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- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73118
- Title
- JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN ASHANTEE
- Author
- DUPUIS, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1824
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Boston Book Company
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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