Far From the Limelight
by Gertrude Page
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
cremona, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Cassell, 1934. Hard Cover. Cheap Edition. 6 6/8 x 4 1/2. 315 pp. A very interesting collection of five short stories set for the most part, in Phodesia: Far From the Limelight; There is Nothing of Any Importance; Th e falling Gods; His Job; Some Chronicles of the Honourable Dicky Baird and Other Rhodesian colonists. Stories concerned with Rhodesian colonists, farming, and war. The women in these stories are part i culaly interesting. Not always "happy ever after stories". Geography, Landscape, described well. Attention given to accuracy. Language (dialect vocabulary and syntax) appears authentic. Black cloth bi nding with faint gilt decorative elements and lettering on front and spine. Slightly faded. Endpapers have former owner's name. Evidence of foxing on some pages. Book has no tears. Basically clean and tight. A good copy of this extraordinary book. overall cond: good.. Hard Cover. Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ghost River Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001707
- Title
- Far From the Limelight
- Author
- Gertrude Page
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- PHODESIA, WILDERNESS, VELDT, FARM, BRITISH ARMY, ENGLAND, AFRICA, SOUTH THO DESIAN COLONISTS, EMPIREQ SHORT STORIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
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About the Seller
Ghost River Books
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cremona, Alberta
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