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One Dry Season : In the Footsteps of Mary Kingsley
by Alexander, Caroline
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0747500789
- ISBN 13
- 9780747500780
- Seller
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About This Item
London, UK: Bloomsbury, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 290pp. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Slightly cocked. Green endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some light shelf wear, chipping to top edge, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. Nearly 100 years ago Mary Kingsley travelled through West Africa, later writing a book on her experiences and impressions. Caroline Alexander decided to see for herself. This books tells her story.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009477
- Title
- One Dry Season : In the Footsteps of Mary Kingsley
- Author
- Alexander, Caroline
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0747500789
- ISBN 13
- 9780747500780
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Travel, Africa, Mary Kingsley, West Africa
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- 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...
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