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A Cure for Serpents: A Doctor in Africa
by Alberto Denti di Pirajno
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Sloane, New York, 1955. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 277 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked and faded. Dust Jacket slightly marked, creased and worn, with several tears and slight loss. Edges browned. Front end paper removed. Corners bumped. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Travel & Places; Libya, Ethiopia and Somalia; Modern; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 43618. .
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- Bookseller
- Dreadnought Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43618
- Title
- A Cure for Serpents: A Doctor in Africa
- Author
- Alberto Denti di Pirajno
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Publisher
- William Sloane
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- BZDB243 medicine, science, history, culture Travel & Places; Libya, Ethiopia and Somalia; Modern; Biography & Autobiography. Unbranded Alberto Denti di Pirajno A Cure for Serpents: A Doctor in Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Travel & Places;
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About the Seller
Dreadnought Books
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Bristol
About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
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- Edges
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- Cocked
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- Spine
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