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  • WATER MUSIC. by Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    WATER MUSIC.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1981) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Follow the adventures of Ned Rise, thief and whoremaster, and Mungo Park, explorer, through London's seamy gutters and Scotland's scenic highlands - to their grand meeting in the heart of darkest Africa." The author's blackly-funny first novel (second book.) SIGNED on the title page. 437 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0065504.

    Condition: Very good- in a fair only dust jacket. A straight, tight copy but with some foxing to the edges of the textblock, severe toning and disoloration to the dj, general edgewear.

    Book ID: 49672
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  • WATER MUSIC. by Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
    WATER MUSIC.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., (1982) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Follow the adventures of Ned Rise, thief and whoremaster, and Mungo Park, explorer, through London's seamy gutters and Scotland's scenic highlands - to their grand meeting in the heart of darkest Africa." The author's blackly-funny first novel (second book.) SIGNED on the title page. 437 pp. ISBN: 0-575030682.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81935
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  • THE VOYAGE OF THE DAYSPRING: Being the Journal of the late Sir John Hawley Glover, R.N., G.C.M.G., together with some account of the Expedition up the Niger River in 1857. by [Glover, Sir John Hawley, 1829-1885.] Hastings, A. C. G.
    [Glover, Sir John Hawley, 1829-1885.] Hastings, A. C. G.
    THE VOYAGE OF THE DAYSPRING: Being the Journal of the late Sir John Hawley Glover, R.N., G.C.M.G., together with some account of the Expedition up the Niger River in 1857.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: John Lane The Bodley Head, Ltd, (1926.). Hardcover first edition - Journal kept by Glover, the future Governor of Lagos (Nigeria,) when he was a young Lieutenant with the Baikie Expedition in 1857, interspersed with commentary by Hastings. In her introduction, his wife, Lady Glover, emphasizes the love that her husband had for Africa and Nigeria, which continued long after his 14 years of service there, mostly as governor. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 21 photographs on glossy inserted plates. Index. xii, 230 pp plus two pages of publisher's advertisements.

    Condition: Very good in original blue-green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. (some foxing to outer edges of textblock, minor wear to ends of spine).

    Book ID: 38336
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