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AN ARTIST IN AFRICA by Shepherd, David
- Bookseller: Ravenswood Books
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 7626
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity available: 1
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0002110326
- ISBN 13: 9780002110327
- Publisher: Collins
- Place: London
- Date published: 1969
- Pages: 65
Description
London: Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by H. R. H. Duke of Edinburgh. Non-paginated. Hardcover has very light wear to spine ends & corners, a few small spots on cover. Interior pages are clean, tight and unmarked except for name written inside front cover and crease across first endpage, which lightly affects the next couple pages. Jacket has very light edgewear, some age tanning, not price clipped. 32 stunning full-page colour illustrations and several smaller illustrations. "The first collection of David Shepherd's paintings which also displays his love of nature and sense of responsibility towards a continent and its natural heritage so threatened by man. There are many ways of telling people about the things you believe in, but few can be as effective as David Shepherd's paintings. With canvas and brush, he says more about his lifelong passion - Africa than a thousand books every could do. "; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
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