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AFRICAN ADVENTURE: Four Hundred Years of Exploration in the 'Dangerous Continent'
by Severin, Timothy/Waters, Sarah (Picture Research)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0525051104
- ISBN 13
- 9780525051107
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1973. 288 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Light rubbing to edges. DJ has modest edge wear. Illust. w/ 48 color and over 100 b/w paintings, drawings, and maps. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22043WHAFR
- Title
- AFRICAN ADVENTURE: Four Hundred Years of Exploration in the 'Dangerous Continent'
- Author
- Severin, Timothy/Waters, Sarah (Picture Research)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525051104
- ISBN 13
- 9780525051107
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- WORLD HISTORY TRAVEL AFRICA DISCOVERY EXPLORATION DANGEROUS CONTINENTS KNIGHTS PRESTER JOHN BARBARY GUINEA SOHO AGENTS SOCIAL SPECTRUM GREAT TREK VICTORIAN LIONS CONGO CRISIS ADVENTURE NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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