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Livingstone
by Tim Jeal
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399112154
- ISBN 13
- 9780399112157
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973 G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1973. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to tail and one lower tip; small sunfade area at head. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($10.00); light bumping to head and tail; small closed tear at head. Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 427 pp 8vo. Based on new material, this is the first modern, non-religious biography of David Livingstone. He is renown as a medical missionary who stayed in Africa for thirty years, but he was also a geographer, astronomer, ethnologist, anthropologist, chemist, botanist, the discoverer of the Victoria Falls, the source of the Congo River, and the first European to cross the continent of Africa. This book sorts through the hype and the myths and shows the person he really was and that his major historical impact was in colonial politics and the establishment of British imperial power in Africa. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010986
- Title
- Livingstone
- Author
- Tim Jeal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399112154
- ISBN 13
- 9780399112157
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Africa, David Livingstone, colonial politics, British imperial power in Africa, physician, geographer, astronomer, ethnologist, anthropologist, chemist, botanist, the discoverer of the Victoria Falls, the source of the Congo River, and the first European
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; African Matters;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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