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ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA
by Savage-Landor, A. Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Little, Brown, and Company, 1913. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1913. First American edition.Two volumes. xxiii+377 and xvi+439. Hardcover, no jacket. Top edges gilt. Illustrated with eight full-page plates in color, numerous illutrations from photographs, and maps. In VG condition. Gilt decorated blue hardcover boards are lightly rubbed with gilt titling to spines a bit darkened. Gilt decoration to covers still bright. Dust spotting to foredges. Otherwise internally clean and unfoxed, square and securely bound. Foldout map at back of Vol 1 is in fine condition. Adventures of Savage-Landor exploring the interior of Brazil in 1911-12. He was an English explorer, writer, and anthropologist, know for a "witty" writing style, and also known for his explorations in Nepal and China.. (cfm)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23467
- Title
- ACROSS UNKNOWN SOUTH AMERICA
- Author
- Savage-Landor, A. Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- SAVAGE-LANDOR, BRAZIL
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
Massachusetts residents must add 6.25% state sales tax. Methods of payment: Visa, MC, Discover, Check. Postage. USPS Media Mail is $4.00 for first book, $1.00 for each additional book. UPS and USPS Priority will be at cost. Some books, as noted in offerings, will be at cost. Overseas postage will be at cost. All items returnable with prior arrangement up to 10 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
Biblio member since 2016
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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