Kalahari
by Jens Bjerre
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Poor in Poor dust jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Texas, United States
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About This Item
HILL AND WANG. Poor in Poor dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Jens Bjerre on front endpaper (also dated and wrote the location as Durban). Hard cover published by Hill and Wang in 1960. Tan covers with blue lettering on spine. The previous owner added red, green and black tape on the covers (on inside and outside) and spine along the edges and across the middle. The front endpaper has a piece of black tape in middle and the name of a previous owner at top. Pages have some spotting and foxing. On inside of front cover is a taped piece of paper with the typed name of the author on one side and a handwritten note that "You may be interested in my latest book Savage New Guinea (also Hill & Wang New York)". Book is in acceptable condition. Dust jacket is in very poor condition. It is worn and torn along edges with missing pieces, torn down edges of spine, and creased and scuffed. DJ has foxing and stains, and is barely acceptable. 227 pages, 1.1 lb.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 227 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MSB8775
- Title
- Kalahari
- Author
- Jens Bjerre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor in Poor dust jacket
- Publisher
- HILL AND WANG
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Africa, African History, Kalahari Desert, Southwest Africa, Bushmen
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2011
Lancaster, Texas
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History and Texana books, along with signed first editions.
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- Poor
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Acceptable
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