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Edité par No publisher listed, London, 1891
Vendeur : Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA), Chicago, IL, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Very good condition. First Edition. 80 pages of text. Dark blue green hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear; protected in stiff custom archival mylar. Published on the occasion of the assembling in London of the International Congress of Hygiene and Demography of 1891, whom the Managers of the Castle Mail Packets Company ar eto have the honour of receiving to luncheon on board the South African Royal Mail Steamer "Drummond Castle." Contains a chapter on the South African Railway system. Illustrated with a frontis of a Castle Liner, a color map illustrating South Africa's distribution of rainfall in the year, and a large fold-out map at rear of text in color, measuring 16+1/4 (width) x 13" (height) by Ruddiman Johnston & Co, Limited; torn at fold with minor loss. Text is affected by foxing. Several stamps of Moses Buchanan of Glasgow, Ocean Passenger Immigration Office and Foreign shipping and insurance agent. Health and Medicine. Includes an appendix listing guide books, books of travel, etc. of interest that were deemed relevant and in print (various publishers). First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Book.