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Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
by W. H. Hudson
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- 1989
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- Near Fine
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- 9780486259932
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New York: Dover Publications, 1989. Trade Paperback. Unabridged and unaltered republication of the first American edition, published in 1904. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright with slight reading wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 315 pages. Laid-in book review from Washington Post Book World.
The curious call of an… Read more
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The Professor of Light
by Marina Tamar Budhos
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- Published
- March 1999
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780399144738
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, March 1999. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight, ends bumped. Black remainder mark to top edge. Light foxing to edges. Jacket clean and bright with slight edgewear. Not from a library. Not clipped. 254 pages.
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The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History
by V. S. Naipaul
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- Published
- September 2001
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Corrected Edition
- ISBN
- 9780330487078
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London: Pan MacMillan / Picador, September 2001. Trade Paperback. Corrected Edition. Second printing. Very Good. Text block tanned, but unmarked. Foxing to top edge. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 376 pages.
"What I had known of Trinidad as a child had seemed to me ordinary, unplanned, just… Read more
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Resistance and Change: The Struggles of Guyanese Workers (1964 to 1994), with Emphasis on the Sugar Industry
by N. K Gopaul
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- Published
- 1997
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- Fine
- ISBN
- 9780965644501
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New York: Inside News Publications, 1997. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light rubbing to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. ix + 396 pages.
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The People's Progressive Party of Guyana: 1950-1992, an Oral History
by Frank Birbalsingh
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- August 2006
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- New
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781870518918
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London: Hansib Publications, August 2007. Trade Paperback. First Edition. New. Not a remainder. Not damaged. 206 pages.
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All the Cowboys Were Indians
by Stan Brock
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- December 1999
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- As New
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- Commemorative Edition
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- 9781892329004
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Lenoir City, Tennessee: Synergy South, December 1999. Hardcover. Commemorative Edition. Originally published as Jungle Cowboy. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 310 pages.
For years, Stan Brock was a regular fixture in America's living rooms as co-host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild… Read more
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Stories of the Wilds : True Experiences in the Jungles of Guyana
by Roy Paul; David A. Granger (Foreword)
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- November 2002
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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RARE! Phoenix Park, West Bank, Demerara, Guyana: Harpy Books, November 2002. Staple-bound pamphlet. First Edition (stated). Very Good. Stamp of Michael Forde Bookshop to title page, otherwise interior pristine. Rubbing and shelf-wear to covers. Not from a library. 40 pages. Contents: Encounter with a Tiger-Cat, The Year of the Wild Pig, A Night to Forget, Jungle Tug-O-War - Man… Read more
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Rupununi Mission
by Cuthbert Cary-Elwes; John Bridges (ed.)
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- 1985
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RARE! London: Jesuit Missions, 1985. Paperback. First Edition (not stated). Very Good. Text unmarked. A few notes to penultimate (blank) page. Spine straight, but creased and wrinkled. Creases to both covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xv + 169 pages. Selections from the personal narrative of Fr Cuthbert Cary-Elwes describing his pioneer missionary effort among… Read more
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The Venezuela-Guyana Border Dispute
by Jacqueline A. Braveboy-Wagner
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- Published
- May 1984
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- Good+
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780865319530
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Boulder: Westview Press, May 1984. Trade Paperback. First Edition. Ex-Library: UK Ministry of Defense, Whitehall Library. Good; Near Fine other than the library markings. 349 pages.
The expiration in 1982 of the Protocol of Port-of-Spain reheated a border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana that had been frozen since 1970, Almost at once, Venezuelan ultranationalists asserted the need to recover by… Read more
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Black-Water Women
by Carmen Barclay Subryan
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- May 1997
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 9780962408519
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Beltsville, Maryland: Demerara Press, May 1997. Paperback. First Edition. Fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 223 pages.
Black-Water Women explores the tensions between men and women in the Guyanese culture of the 40's, 50's and 60's as well as the tensions among immigrants transplanted to the… Read more
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