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Suppression of the Opium Trade: The speech of the Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P., in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, April 4, 1843
de [Ashley-Cooper, Anthony] Lord Ashley
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1843
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- Pamphlet
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 167.83
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London: Houlston and Stoneman, 1843. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. A long speech arguing against British policies toward opium in India and China. The author, the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, would later become president of the Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade.
55, [1] pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in contemporary… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The King of Hedjaz and Arab Independence: With a Facsimile of the Proclamation of June 27, 1916; Together with the Proclamation Issued at Baghdad by Lieut.-General Sir Stanley Maude, after the Occupation of that City by the British Forces
de Hussein ibn Ali (Sherif and Emir of Mecca) and Stanley Maude
- Estado
- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1917
- Encuadernación
- Pamphlet
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 335.66
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London: Hayman, Christy & Lilly, Ltd, 1917. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. 15 pages with a fold-out facsimile in Arabic. First edition (first printing). A very good copy, with some browning to the edges of the covers. Precio
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Album da cidade do Rio de Janeiro: Homenagem à visita de S. M. o Rei Alberto I ao Brazil 1920
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- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1920
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 447.55
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Rio de Janeiro: Pimenta de Mello & C., 1920. First Edition. Very good. An attractive promotional book illustrated with more than fifty views of Rio de Janeiro and the surrounding countryside printed in duotone; each image is faced with a decorative ad page for a Rio-based business. The album presents a very interesting snapshot of the commercial culture… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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![[Guide to Current Jobs in North America] Saikin katsudo hokubei jigyo annai](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/674/065/1575065674.0.m.jpg)
[Guide to Current Jobs in North America] Saikin katsudo hokubei jigyo annai
de Kawamura, Tetsutaro
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1906
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- Trade paperback
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 1,062.94
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Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1906. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. A scarce and interesting look at a Japanese laborer's view of the possibilities of working in America at the height of Japanese immigration to this country.
"Based on the author's 4-year personal experience in America, this book presents facts on labor conditions and wages by skilled versus unskilled, urban… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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![Father, Dear Father [Signed, Numbered, with a Drawing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/580/021/1574021580.0.m.jpg)
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Father, Dear Father [Signed, Numbered, with a Drawing]
de Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Estado
- Usado - Near fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1953
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- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 1,678.32
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New York: Viking Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Copy 1 of 151 signed copies illustrated with an original drawing, in this case a portrait of Bemelmans' poodle Little Bit, who accompanied the author-artist and his teenage daughter on the tour of Europe recounted in this comic memoir.
247 pages; illustrated from Bemelmans' line drawings. Bemelmans… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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![The Donkey Inside [Signed, Publisher's Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/572/021/1574021572.0.m.jpg)
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The Donkey Inside [Signed, Publisher's Copy]
de Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Estado
- Usado - Near fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1941
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- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 1,958.04
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New York: Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The limited edition, featuring an original watercolor, of this travelog of a trip to Ecuador made on commission from magazines. Illustrated with four double-page color plates by the author (who is probably best known for his Madeline series of picture books).
There were 175 signed copies… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 1,958.04
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S.O.S no Amerika
de Kimura, Ki (Takeshi)
- Estado
- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1932
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 839.16
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Tokyo: Chikura Shobo, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A Japanese literary critic and novelist comments on American life based on a year-long tour of the country, visiting Japanese American communities during the Great Depression.
Kimura and two friends pooled their money and bought a Ford, ultimately putting 15,000 miles on the odometer before selling it… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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![[The Secret of Going to America] Tobei no hiketsu](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/894/712/1571712894.0.m.jpg)
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[The Secret of Going to America] Tobei no hiketsu
de Katayama, Sen
- Estado
- Usado - Very good
- Published
- 1906
- Encuadernación
- Trade paperback
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 1,398.60
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Tokyo: Tobei Kyokai, 1906. Trade paperback. Very good. Third edition. "An updated and expanded guide to America which has information on employment, the Texas Japanese rice colony, and a special section on women. The 54-page appendix consists of basic English."-A Buried Past, 118.
This is one of many guides to studying and immigrating to the United… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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![[Diary of a Tour of the United States and Europe] Obei man'yu nisshi](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/893/712/1571712893.0.m.jpg)
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[Diary of a Tour of the United States and Europe] Obei man'yu nisshi
de Otani, Kahyoe (also Romanized Kahei)
- Estado
- Usado - Very good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1900
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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EUR 839.16
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Yokohama: (the author / Tokyo Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Yokohama Bunsha), 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A privately printed version of the diary kept by Otani Kahyoe, the president of the Japan Central Tea Traders' Association. "Mr. Otani visited America and Europe in 1899-1900, when he represented both the Tokyo and Yokohama Chambers of Commerce at the Philadelphia… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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![[Guide to Current Jobs in North America] Saikin katsudo hokubei jigyo annai](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/886/712/1571712886.0.m.jpg)
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[Guide to Current Jobs in North America] Saikin katsudo hokubei jigyo annai
de Kawamura, Tetsutaro
- Estado
- Usado - Very good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1906
- Encuadernación
- Trade paperback
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 3,356.64
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Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1906. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good/Very good. A scarce and interesting look at a Japanese laborer's view of the possibilities of working in America at the height of Japanese immigration to this country.
"Based on the author's 4-year personal experience in America, this book presents facts on labor conditions and wages by skilled versus… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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![[Illustrated Journey Around the World] Eiri sekai shuyu-ki](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/885/712/1571712885.0.m.jpg)
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[Illustrated Journey Around the World] Eiri sekai shuyu-ki
de Gulick, O. H. [Orramel Hinckley]
- Estado
- Usado - Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1883
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- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Kobe, Japan: Beikoku Haken Denkyoshi Jimukyoku [American Board of Missionaries], 1883. First Edition. Good. A Christian missionary provides an illustrated travelog of the Holy Land, Europe, and the United States for Japanese audiences.
Gulick, born in Hawaii (1830-1923), was stationed in Japan from 1870 to 1892. In the early 1880s, he made an extended tour of… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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![[English as She Is Spoke] The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English in Two Parts](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/331/797/1563797331.0.m.jpg)
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[English as She Is Spoke] The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English in Two Parts
de Twain, Mark (introduction); Carolino, Pedro
- Estado
- Usado - Very good
- Edición
- First US edition
- Published
- 1883
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 559.44
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First US edition. Hardcover. Very good. Fonseca and Carolino's inadvertent masterpiece has been called many things... "Perhaps the worst foreign phrasebook ever written" ... A book of "miraculous stupidities." "The most ludicrous foreign attempt ever made to teach our language." Most often under the title English as She Is Spoke...the mid-nineteenth-century… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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![[News from America] Tobei tsushin](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/895/917/1562917895.0.m.jpg)
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[News from America] Tobei tsushin
de Miura, Tetsuzo
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Published
- 1928
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 279.72
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Sakata, Japan: Sakata Nihon Kirisuto Kyokai [Sakata Japanese Christian Church], 1928. Hardcover. Good. A short travelog of a Japanese Christian minister's visit to the United States to attend the World Sunday School Convention, in July 1928. Miura gives a brief report on the convention and then details his travels, visiting cities and natural landmarks, as well as Japanese… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut
de Carpenter, Scott and Kris Stoever
- Estado
- Usado - Near fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 2002
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 106.29
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Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A memoir of one of the Mercury Seven astronauts, co-written with his daughter. First edition (first printing, with a line of letters ending in A). With light shelf wear, thus a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed, "For Ashton, Eric, and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 106.29
![[Chasing the Aurora Borealis] Kyokko o tadzu nete](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/504/764/1555764504.0.m.jpg)
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[Chasing the Aurora Borealis] Kyokko o tadzu nete
de Tsukamoto, Keijuro
- Estado
- Usado - Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1921
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 279.72
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Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. A young Japanese adventurer's account of a six-month trip from Seattle, to northern Canada, through Alaska, and back, chasing the aurora borealis in 1919. At the beginning, he claims scientific credentials, only a spirit of adventure and a desire to wander. He wrote the book during the trip and the introduction… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 279.72
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Paradise [Proof]
de McMurtry, Larry
- Estado
- Usado - Fine
- Edición
- Uncorrected Proof
- Published
- 2001
- Encuadernación
- Trade paperback
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 55.94
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. Uncorrected Proof. Trade paperback. Fine. This is a proof copy, issued in printed yellow wrappers prior to the first edition.
Paradise is one of McMurtry's late, enigmatic non-fiction books, here described on the dust jacket as "an inviting travel book [about a voyage to Tahiti] and an insightful reflection on… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 55.94
![Paradise [Signed, Numbered]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/338/830/1546830338.0.m.jpg)
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Paradise [Signed, Numbered]
de McMurtry, Larry
- Estado
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 2001
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 223.78
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New York and Archer City, TX: Simon and Schuster and Three Dog Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This is one of 50 numbered copies, signed by McMurtry, and issued by his local bookstore. For a number of years, Three Dog Books put out these limited editions using the trade edition of the book to which they added… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 223.78
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On Board Noah's Ark
de Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Estado
- Usado - Very good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1962
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 279.72
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New York: Viking Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Travelog of the author's cruise through Monte Carlo, Portofino, Leghorn, the Bay of Naples, Capri, and Corsica. Illustrated throughout the text and with four full-color plates.
Bemelmans, best known for his Madeline series of picture books, also wrote novels and nonfiction books. First edition (first printing).… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 279.72
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The Donkey Inside
de Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Estado
- Usado - Near fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1941
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 559.44
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New York: Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A travelog of a trip to Ecuador made on commission from magazines. Illustrated with four double-page color plates by the author (who is probably best known for his Madeline series of picture books). First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A near fine copy… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 559.44
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The Cruise of the Snark
de London, Jack
- Estado
- Usado - Very good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 1911
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Librería
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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EUR 3,356.64
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. London's popular account of an ill-fated two-year voyage to the South Pacific in a poorly-built 43-foot sailboat.
BAL 11929. 340 pages, plus a color frontispiece. Illustrated with more than 100 half-tone photographs. First edition (first printing, with no later printings indicated). A very good copy… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
EUR 3,356.64
