The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879.
by Donald R. Morris
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Simon & Schuster, 1965. Hardcover Book-Club Edition (1965). Very Good in Very Good DJ: The Book shows light shelving wear to the lower extremities; a small water droplet mark at the red-tinted top edge; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, attractuve copy, no longer 'fresh', but structurally and and tightly bound; showing mild wear and an unobtrusive cosmetic flaw. The DJ shows toning to the white background field; tiny tears and chips at the head of the backstrip; a few wrinkles at the heel; unclipped; mylar-protected. BOOK CLUB EDITION (1965). NOT a Remainder or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.75 x 1.9 inches). 735 pages. 24 pages of vintage duotone photographs. Language: English. Weight: 28 ounces.Brown cloth over boards with gilt titles on brown fields at the backstrip. Top edge tinted red. Map-Decorated endpapers. Deckle fore-edge. Hardback with DJ.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 56309
- Title
- The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Rise of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879.
- Author
- Donald R. Morris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book-Club Edition (1965).
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1965.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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