The Blue Nile
by Moorehead, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- F/F-
- ISBN 10
- 0241021758
- ISBN 13
- 9780241021750
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1972 F/F-. 4to. original decorated sand cloth gilt (leaf edges a trifle toned) in dustwrapper (price-clipped); pp. 336, with black & white / colour illustrations & maps. Heavy item (1.65 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A near fine copy of the larger format extra-illustrated edition.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. F/F-.
Synopsis
Hailed as "utterly absorbing, (as) sweeping as the mighty river itself" ("Washington Post"), the second volume in this two-book series expands the story of the dangerous search for the source of the Nile River.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005885
- Title
- The Blue Nile
- Author
- Moorehead, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Jacket Condition
- F-
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241021758
- ISBN 13
- 9780241021750
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- Alan Moorehead Blue Nile Africa Travel James Bruce Sudan Ethiopia Napoleon Bonaparte Egypt
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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