A Strange Career. Life and Adventures of John Gladwyn Jebb. By his wife. With an introduction by H. Rider Haggard
by (Haggard, H. Rider) Jebb, Mrs. John Gladwyn
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- Original illustrated burgundy cloth, some fading and rubbing, decorated endpapers and adjacent leaves browned, lighter browning
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About This Item
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. First American edition. Frontispiece portrait. 349, [10, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original illustrated burgundy cloth, some fading and rubbing, decorated endpapers and adjacent leaves browned, lighter browning of the text, half-title split along the gutter. First American edition. Frontispiece portrait. 349, [10, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Introduction by Rider Haggard. A friend of Haggard's, Jebb was an adventurer. Together they set off to find Montezuma's lost treasure, but had to cancel the hunt due to the death of Haggard's son.
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- Title
- A Strange Career. Life and Adventures of John Gladwyn Jebb. By his wife. With an introduction by H. Rider Haggard
- Author
- (Haggard, H. Rider) Jebb, Mrs. John Gladwyn
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece portrait. 349, [10, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original illustrated burgundy cloth, some fading and rubbing, decorated endpapers and adjacent leaves browned, lighter browning
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- North America
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