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New Worlds to Conquer
de Halliburton, Richard
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- About fine(-) with very slight wear to exterior. Wee bit of foxing to plates. Tiny owner signature to front paste-down map. No j
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Oakland, California, United States
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. Stated first edition. Hardcover. About fine(-) with very slight wear to exterior. Wee bit of foxing to plates. Tiny owner signature to front paste-down map. No jacket. A very bright, crisp copy.. Quarto in olive cloth; 7 preliminary leaves, 368 pages frontispiece, plates (part double) portraits, double map 24 cm. Maps on lining papers. "Richard Halliburton (1900 - presumed dead after March 24, 1939) was an American travel writer and adventurer who swam the length of the Panama Canal and paid the lowest toll in its history-36 cents in 1928.[1] He disappeared at sea while attempting to sail the Chinese junk Sea Dragon across the Pacific Ocean from Hong Kong to the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, California. ¶ Adventure and adventurers. Travel. Latin America -- Description and travel. Amérique latine -- Descriptions et voyages.
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- Librería
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 101770
- Título
- New Worlds to Conquer
- Autor
- Halliburton, Richard
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - About fine(-) with very slight wear to exterior. Wee bit of foxing to plates. Tiny owner signature to front paste-down map. No j
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Stated first edition
- Editorial
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Indianapolis
- Fecha de publicación
- 1929
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Bibliope by Calvello Books
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Oakland, California
Sobre Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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