BORNEO PEOPLE.
de MacDonald, Malcolm
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958., 1958.. Good. - 8vo, blue cloth (bumped & rubbed; spine & extremities faded) titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on spine & with vignette in blind on front cover, in dw (chipped, soiled & creased; tears to front fold, front panel & head of dw spine). vi, 424 & [1] pp. plus colophon (light spotting to fore-edge with tiny stains to front edges of a few pages). Pictorial brick red & tan endpaper maps & B&W illustrations. Good. <p>MacDonald, son of the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, "spent nine years of his own distingished political career in top posts in Southeast Asia. Among the territories under his administration was the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo....He began a series of journeys up the great rivers, the natural roads of Sarawak, on ceremonial and social visits to the pagan tribes of the interior. He lived with the people in their long-houses, danced the native dances, sang their songs, complied with their drinking customs, and in every way possible joined their way of life."--From the dw.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 645
- Título
- BORNEO PEOPLE.
- Autor
- MacDonald, Malcolm
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1958.
- Palabras clave
- TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; ANTHROPOLOGY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; BORNEO; SARAWAK; WHITE RAJAHS; DIPLOMAT; POLITICIAN; BRITISH.
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Travel & Exploration;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Sobre el vendedor
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Cadyville, New York
Sobre Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Soiled
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- Spine
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- Colophon
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- Edges
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vignette
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- Cloth
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