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THE MOON MAN A Biography of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay
by Webster, E. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0520054350
- ISBN 13
- 9780520054356
- Seller
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Modesto, California, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0520054350 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light, but noticeable rubbing to the bottom edges of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean, but has noticeable fading / sunning to the spine. "Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (April 1888) was a Russian explorer, ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist who became famous as one of the earliest scientists to settle among and study indigenous people of New Guinea who had never seen a European. Miklouho-Maclay spent the major part of his life travelling and conducted scientific research in the Middle East, Australia, New Guinea, Melanesia and Polynesia. Australia became his adopted country and Sydney the hometown of his family." (from Wikipedia) .
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- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A44034
- Title
- THE MOON MAN A Biography of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay
- Author
- Webster, E. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st American Edition; 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0520054350
- ISBN 13
- 9780520054356
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 0520054350, Science, E. M. Webster, Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay, Adventure, Explorers, Exploration, Ethnographers, Ethnographic studies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
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Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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