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Among the Forest Dwarfs of Malaya
by Paul Schebesta / Arthur Chambers (Trans.)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) Limited, 1929. 1st Edition . Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16 x 23.5 cm). First printing. Lacking jacket. Red buckram binding with slight leaning. Spine faded and has slight wear to ends. 5cm split to foot of rear joint. Bump to upper edge of rear board. Rubbing and a few marks to boards. Foxing to page edges, patches of foxing to text, a few occasional marks to margins. Good solid binding. Numerous illustrations and 32 photographic plates. Fold-out map with a crease to one fold, plus a tear with old tape repair to reverse. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Overall condition is Good. Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16 x 23.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 288
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1225E073
- Title
- Among the Forest Dwarfs of Malaya
- Author
- Paul Schebesta / Arthur Chambers (Trans.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16 x 23.5 cm)
- Keywords
- Malaya, Malaysia, Samang People, Tribes, Jahai, Kensiu, Kintaq, Kentaq Bong, Kenta-Bogn, Travel_Exploration/Asia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel: Asia;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
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