Africa: Land of My Fathers
by Thompson, Era Bell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. (2), 281 (5) pp. First Edition, 1954. Price clipped. Tiny chips to top and bottom edge spine dj with faintly age-toned text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.75" x 8.5". Chartreuse cloth with brown lettering to spine, and map on endpapers. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "The story of the return of a native three hundred years later".
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006315
- Title
- Africa: Land of My Fathers
- Author
- Thompson, Era Bell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- HISTORY AFRICA JOURNEY JOURNALISM AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES AFRICAN CIVILAZATION BLACK HERITAGE
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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