Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
de Baker, Sir Samuel W
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, pages toned and several pages at rear soiled, owner stamp on front flyleaf.
- Librería
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, pages toned and several pages at . rear soiled, owner stamp on front flyleaf.. 1883. Later Printing. Hardcover. Brick red decorated cloth. Endpapers printed with publisher's adverts. Several engravings, including two pages of deer/elk being chased to their death by hunting hounds. 323 pp + [4] pp of publisher's ads. A memoir by the author of eight years (1845-1853) spent living in British colonial Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, where he relates the boredom in Colombo, his big game hunting exploits, local wildlife, salt industry, ancient ruins, expat community, etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Librería
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 37134
- Título
- Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
- Autor
- Baker, Sir Samuel W
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, pages toned and several pages at rear soiled, owner stamp on front flyleaf.
- Edición
- Later Printing
- Editorial
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Philadelphia
- Fecha de publicación
- 1883
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Ceylon, Sri Lanka, Big Game Hunters, Big Game Hunting, British Colonial History
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Asia; Travel and Adventure;
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