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A Tourist in Africa
de Evelyn Waugh
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd. , 1960 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. The first edition of Evelyn Waugh's travel book about his time in Africa, with illustrations and in the original dust wrapper. First edition, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.Written by prominent novelist and travel writer, Evelyn Waugh who is recognised as one of the great English prose stylists of the 20th century. 'A Tourist in Africa' documents Waugh's voyage to East Africa in 1959, a tour of the continent taken from January to April. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and nine plates. Collated, complete In the publisher's original blue cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with one bump to the head of the front board, and light shelf wear. Dust wrapper is smart, with light edge wear and the odd handling mark. Sunning to the wrap, moreso to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Near Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 887Q26
- Título
- A Tourist in Africa
- Autor
- Evelyn Waugh
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good Indeed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Chapman & Hall, Ltd.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1960
- Tamaño
- 8" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- Evelyn Waugh first edition tourist in africa travel first edition illustrated dust wrapper
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Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
