Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in G condition - price clipped, rubbing to edges, bumping to spine ends, light creasing to edges, faint damp stain along bottom edge/rear cover does not bleed through to boards or text block else still bright & intact. BIL 6/21

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Bookseller: JB's Book Vault (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004477
Title: THE AFRICAN GIANT: THE STORY OF A JOURNEY
Author: Cloete, Stuart
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Date Published: 1955
Keywords: Cloete, African, Giant, Travel, Africa
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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....