The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland Being a Record of the Excavation and Exploration in 1891
Published by Longman Green and Co, 1896
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Riverside Books UK, York, Yorkshire, United KingdomRiverside Books UK
AbeBooks seller since December 16, 2019
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 40.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Longman, Green and Co. Third Edition 1896. Hardcover, no dust Jacket. Book Condition: good ++, with the following conditions: covered in maroon cloth-covered boards. Silver titles and publisher logo to front cover. Silver titles and publishers name to spine. Some rubbing and wear to corners, folding and wear to top and bottom of spine. minor wear to edges of spine. Internally tight and sharp. Some foxing to some pages. Lavishly illustrated with b/w full page photographs, and of in-text photographs and line drawings. The book concerns the first archeological research at Great Zimbabwe in 1891, and other ruins of the Monomatapa Empire, though Bent was convinced that the ruins were from an occupying middle eastern people, probably the Phonicians. This interpretation has, of course, been subsequently debunked. But the book provides a fascinating look at an initial excavation at Great Zimbabwe, and how contemporary prejudices about the local peoples informed the conclusions reached by Bent and his colleagues.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Ruined Cities of Mashonaland Being a Record of the Excavation and Exploration in 1891
- Author
- J.T. Bent, with a chapter by R.M.W. Swan
- Publisher
- Longman Green and Co
- Publication year
- 1896
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Item weight
- 0.59 kilograms
- Seller catalogs
- history
Riverside Books UK
York, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since December 16, 2019
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Store description
We are a small, internet only, bookseller, established in 2014, and committed to providing high quality books at competitive prices to customers across the world. We are based in York in North Yorkshire, between its two rivers, yet have a deep interest in the wider world, and specialise in books on the history of Africa and East Asia. However, we have a far larger range of books for sale from antiquarian volumes to modern first editions, and a varied selection of other rare books. We are still in the process of listing our large inventory, so if you do not see the book you are looking for listed here, please contact us directly at enquiries@riversidebooksuk.co.uk, we will check our broader inventory, and can also undertake book searches on your behalf.…
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