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The Illustrated London News. Vol. LXVIII, January to June, 1878.
London; 1878; George C. Leighton; cloth; folio; numerous ills., mainly engraved and occasionally double paged; numerous, mainly engraved, illustrations and plates; includes a special number dedicated to Stanley in Africa, sketches and description by Mr. H.M. Stanley, and a detailed account of African travel, by George Augustus Sala; articles and illustrations on the voyage of Cleopatra's needle to England; the British fleet steaming up the Dardanelles; Dr. Schliemann's excavations; the Indian expeditionary force, the 2nd Goorkahs; the Paris exhibition; large folding plate (ca. 115x85 cm.) of the sortie at Plevna; 616 pp.
Cover and endpapers renewed. First 50 pages damaged, lacks portion in the middle, with loss of text and images. Stanley number slightly damaged at lower hinges and blank inner margins. Folding plate with damages. Cover first number, 5 January 1878, damaged.
The Illustrated London News. Vol. LXVIII, January to June, 1878.
London; 1878; George C. Leighton; cloth; folio; numerous ills., mainly engraved and occasionally double paged; numerous, mainly engraved, illustrations and plates; includes a special number dedicated to Stanley in Africa, sketches and description by Mr. H.M. Stanley, and a detailed account of African travel, by George Augustus Sala; articles and illustrations on the voyage of Cleopatra's needle to England; the British fleet steaming up the Dardanelles; Dr. Schliemann's excavations; the Indian expeditionary force, the 2nd Goorkahs; the Paris exhibition; large folding plate (ca. 115x85 cm.) of the sortie at Plevna; 616 pp.
Cover and endpapers renewed. First 50 pages damaged, lacks portion in the middle, with loss of text and images. Stanley number slightly damaged at lower hinges and blank inner margins. Folding plate with damages. Cover first number, 5 January 1878, damaged.
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