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New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. Early reprint. Heavy rubbing (through cloth) to top and bottom edges of the cover, otherwise only light wear. Former owner's signature on title page and on a page near the center of the text, otherwise unmarked in a tight binding. Jacket rubbed at edges with some creasing and a few small chips. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 319 pages .
Fountain of the Elephants by Desmond Young - 1959
by Desmond Young
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Fountain of the Elephants
by Desmond Young
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London - Collins, 1959 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition.. A copy of the fascinating 'Fountain of the Elephants'a biographical work by Desmond Young. Includes several plates and maps to the front and rear of the text. A bookplate from the private library of the previous owner has been left to the pastedown. First Edition. Condition: In a cloth bindingretaining its original dustwrapper. Externally, in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound, very bright and clean with some very light spotting to the endpapers only. The dustswrapper is very smart with some light shelfwear and bumping to head and tail with somefoxing to the back panel. Overall Condition:FINE with a VERY GOOD INDEED..
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- Date Published 1959
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Fountain of the Elephants
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Topeka, Kansas, United States
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Fountain of the Elephants
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Frontenac, Minnesota, United States
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New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1959. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. Used: Very Good. Cloth, 319p, DJ, vg.
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Fountain of the Elephants
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Collins, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 319 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
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Fountain of the Elephants
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Collins, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1959. No edition remarks. 319 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine. Mild rubbing and marking all over.
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Fountain of the elephants
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Harper, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Fountain of the Elephants
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Collins, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. the boards are bit worn and shelf rubbed. sunned. tanning. a bit marked. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Fountain of the Elephants.
by YOUNG, DESMOND
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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London.: Collins.. 1959.. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 319pp, appendix, bibliography, index, edges little foxed, otherwise a good copy in trifle worn dustjacket now protected. Biography of Benoit de Boigne, who served in the armed forces for France, Russia and the East India Company in the late 18th century. .
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Fountain of the Elephants
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Pahiatua, Auckland, New Zealand
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London: Collins, 1959. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected proof. Some wear to the spine. Light foxing and creasing/curling to the wraps.
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FOUNTAIN OF THE ELEPHANTS
by Desmond Young
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Pomona, New York, United States
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New York: Harper & Brothers. 1959. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Good dust jacket. Edge wear. Chip to front panel's upper edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Fountain of the Elephants
by Young, Desmond
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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London: Collins 1959. 8vo. 319 pp. Bound in quarter brown leather over patterned-paper covered boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering. Minor mark to boards. New endpapers. Frontis. Illustrations. . Very Good. 1/4 Leather. First Edition. 1954.
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