Camping With the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa
by Bass, Thomas A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395415020
- ISBN 13
- 9780395415023
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About This Item
U.S.A: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover in Very Good Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Top corners bumped, else Fine. Very clean burgundy half-cloth gilt titled with pale orange boards. Maps on endpapers.Take a journey with Thomas Bass-his took two years-from your armchair, and visit Bozo fishermen on the edge of the Sahara, trap tsetse flies with Masai warriors, search for human fossils in the Rift valley. Bass sought out scientists on his journey because they make good explorers and "know the names of things". The book explores the colliding of cultures between Western science and traditional culture. Very nice, clean, solid volume with colorful jacket. 304 pages with bibliography and index. 9.4 x 6.25 inches. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA 1990.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015349
- Title
- Camping With the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa
- Author
- Bass, Thomas A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395415020
- ISBN 13
- 9780395415023
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- AFRICA-DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL; JOURNEYS-AFRICA; SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS-AFRICA;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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