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SAFARI SAM
by Makepeace, Gordon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair+
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. 254pp. B/white, photographic portrait of 'Safari Sam', plus two, unpaginated halftone plates (all three called-for plates extant and attached). Book square. Blue, original cloth boards marked and faded, with minor bumps on lower foredge corner. Noticeably patinated title over faded and bumped spine. No dustjacket. Textblock foxed on endpapers and edges, an original seller's sticker affixed to ffep., plus inner rear hinge starting, but holding firmly. Journalist Gordon Makepeace tells the story of African big game hunter "Safari Sam", an enigmatic character who may have been just a figment of the author's imagination . . . you be the judge . . . Contents of this scarce biography include: Prelims., Some Sayings of Safari Sam. Preface (Colonel Deneys Reitz). Preface. 21 chapters. Book weight approx. 590g. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fair+. 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 14.25cm).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014558
- Title
- SAFARI SAM
- Author
- Makepeace, Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 14.25cm)
- Keywords
- Biography, Big Game Hunters, Africa, 'Safari Sam', Gordon Makepeace
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
Diversity Books - Terms of Sale: All PRICES quoted are in Australian DOLLARS. Books may be returned within seven days of receipt if found to be incorrectly described. Australian buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and direct deposit to Commonwealth Bank account. International buyers: We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express. International buyers have the choice of FAST AIRMAIL [approx.3-10 business days, depending on destination]or STANDARD AIRMAIL [approx. 10-25 business days, depending on destination] Please EMAIL regarding ARTICLE FOR SALE, AVAILABILITY, PAYMENT and POSTAGE/HANDLING OPTIONS.
About the Seller
Diversity Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Korumburra, Victoria
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
- Fair+
- Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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