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D. K. Flickinger Off Hand Sketches of Men and Things in Western Africa 1 volume. First edition 1857.
1 volume. First edition 1857.
Decorative blind-stamped brown cover.
Gilt title o spine.
iv, 144 pages.
Tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait.
Some pencil notations.
A lovely insight into life in South Africa in the mid 1850s.
Topics include the country and its people, food, dress, farming,
music, languages and etiquette. Other more distressing topics
relate to matrimony [and the abuse of women], witchcraft, devil
worship, slavery and the slave trade etc., etc.
Recorded shipping weight 250g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
United Brethren
Dayton, Ohio
1857
First edition
For further details and and to bid visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
1 volume. First edition 1857.
Decorative blind-stamped brown cover.
Gilt title o spine.
iv, 144 pages.
Tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait.
Some pencil notations.
A lovely insight into life in South Africa in the mid 1850s.
Topics include the country and its people, food, dress, farming,
music, languages and etiquette. Other more distressing topics
relate to matrimony [and the abuse of women], witchcraft, devil
worship, slavery and the slave trade etc., etc.
Recorded shipping weight 250g.
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
United Brethren
Dayton, Ohio
1857
First edition
For further details and and to bid visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
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