Dancing with the Dead A Journey through Zanzibar and Madagascar
de Drysdale, Helena
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0241129540
- ISBN 13
- 9780241129548
- Librería
-
Blagoevgrad Region, Bulgaria
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Sobre este artículo
London: Hamish Hamilton. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ, spine corners lightly bumped. ; First edition, first printing with full number line. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread and near as new. DJ photo by Richard Pomeroy. ; Colour Photographs; 288 pages; Helena Drysdale was leaving for Madagascar when family papers revealed that her ancestors traded there during the 19th century. There were hints of piracy and slave trading. Madagascar was not their only haunt. There was also Zanzibar with its plump sultans and the Comoro Islands. Helena and her photographer husband, Richard Pomery, set off to follow in their wake and find any lingering family connections. .
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- Books in Bulgaria
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 30951
- Título
- Dancing with the Dead A Journey through Zanzibar and Madagascar
- Autor
- Drysdale, Helena
- Ilustrador
- Pomeroy, Richard
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0241129540
- ISBN 13
- 9780241129548
- Editorial
- Hamish Hamilton
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1991
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Travel;
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