Harvest of Journeys
by Innes, Hammond
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins, 1956. First Edition. Octavo. 319p. "V.S. Pritchett: his work stands in a class by itself" As P.D. Addy wrote in the British Medical Journal: "Simenon and Innes may be escapist literature but I take delight in them." In his worldwide experiences, he here writes of his journeys outside his usual novel form. Bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt, a very good copy in good dust jacket with some chipping and closed tears to rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025039
- Title
- Harvest of Journeys
- Author
- Innes, Hammond
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Hadhramaut Yemen Pirate Coast biscay
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Travel and Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...