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Jungle Girl
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1933. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. Edgar Rice Burrough's book set in a forgotten kingdom of the jungles of Cambodia. 'Jungle Girl' is set in the jungles of Cambodia, revolting around a forgotten kingdom 'Pnom Dhek'. The novel is about Gordon King, a young American doctor, who came to Cambodia to study. Edgar Rice Burroughs was a popular author of adventure novels, best known for his character 'Tarzan', on whom the 1999 Disney film was based on. His wrote his first novel, 'Under the Moons of Mars', after suffering from money troubles. Burroughs cashed in on the original success of 'Tarzan' by writing twenty-three sequels. He also dabbled in science fiction, with his character John Carter, a civil war veteran who becomes an adventurer of Mars. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, sound. Slight fading and discolouration to the spine. A little fading to the joints, due to sunning. Light marking and rubbing to the boards and to the spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Light spotting to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the odd scattered spot throughout, mostly due to the spotting to the fore edge. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 606P26
- Title
- Jungle Girl
- Author
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Odhams Press Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- jungle cambodia lost world kingdom cambodia
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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