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Flowing Road, The: Adventures on the Great Rivers of South America
de Whitney, Caspar
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Librería
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Kissimmee, Florida, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Includes RARE dust jacket -- A near fine first edition, first printing in a mylar-covered dust jacket. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1912. Includes fifty-three of the author's photographs. Bright gilt along top edge. Nice bright gold lettering/picture on front board and spine. Rear board has inch-long dent near top. Some minor foxing. Minor chipping to dust jacket edges. A nice, tight copy with strong hinges in an extremely rare, 108-year-old, near fine dust jacket. The author, Caspar Whitney, was one of the founding members of The Explorer's Club. The book tells of Whitney's adventures during five overland and river expeditions in the then- little-known regions of Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina.
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- Librería
- Robert J. Martin
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- SA000041-2
- Título
- Flowing Road, The
- Autor
- Whitney, Caspar
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, First Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Philadelphia
- Fecha de publicación
- 1912
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Brazil, Orinoco River, Venezuela, Argentina, South America, geography, travel, adventure, exploration, river journeys
Términos de venta
Robert J. Martin
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Sobre el vendedor
Robert J. Martin
Miembro de Biblio desde 2013
Kissimmee, Florida
Sobre Robert J. Martin
I am an Internet seller of nonfiction books mainly in the areas of travel, nautical and exploration. The majority of my books are first editions, first printings in very good or better condition.
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- Chipping
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
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- First Edition
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