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First edition of Sub-tropical Rambles in the Land of the Alphanapteryx by Nicolas Pike, a classic monograph on the Mauritius, scarce to find in such nice condition.
First edition of Sub-tropical Rambles in the Land of the Alphanapteryx by Nicolas Pike, a classic monograph on the Mauritius, scarce to find in such nice condition.
First edition of Sub-tropical Rambles in the Land of the Alphanapteryx by Nicolas Pike, a classic monograph on the Mauritius, scarce to find in such nice condition.

PIKE, Nicolas.

Sub-tropical Rambles in the Land of the Alphanapteryx. Personal experiences, adventures, and wanderings in and around the island of Mauritius.

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1873.

£500.00
£500.00

Sub-tropical Rambles in the Land of the Alphanapteryx.

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A thorough topographical, cultural, and ethnographic guide to the island of Mauritius. The author was U.S. Consul at Port St. Louis.

First edition; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); 15 engraved plates including frontispiece, 4 folding maps and charts, 33 further in-text illustrations, armorial bookplate to pastedown; publisher's original green gilt pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to spine, slightly rubbed, a very good copy; xviii, 509, [3], 32 (ads. dated October 1872) pp.

Toussaint D1262.

Stock code 122256

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First edition of Sub-tropical Rambles in the Land of the Alphanapteryx by Nicolas Pike, a classic monograph on the Mauritius, scarce to find in such nice condition.

Sub-tropical Rambles in the Land of the Alphanapteryx.

£500.00
£500.00

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