Green Hills of Africa.
by HEMINGWAY, Ernest
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Typical moderate fading of spine and edges of cloth; tiny bookseller's ticket at rear; else a nice copy in an unchipped jack
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1935.. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Typical moderate fading of spine and edges of cloth; tiny bookseller's ticket at rear; else a nice copy in an unchipped jacket with the green portion of the spine quite faded. The white portion of the spine is lightly soiled. An attractive copy.. 8vo,.
Synopsis
Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 work of nonfiction written by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway's second work of nonfiction, Green Hills of Africa is basically a journal of a month on safari he and his wife, Pauline Marie Pfeiffer, took in East Africa during December 1933. Green Hills of Africa is divided into four parts: Pursuit and Conversation, Pursuit Remembered, Pursuit and Failure, and Pursuit as Happiness, each of which plays a different role in the story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46849
- Title
- Green Hills of Africa.
- Author
- HEMINGWAY, Ernest
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Typical moderate fading of spine and edges of cloth; tiny bookseller's ticket at rear; else a nice copy in an unchipped jack
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1935.
- Pages
- 295 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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