Crocodile Fever. A True Story of Adventure
by Earl, Lawrence
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Yellow cloth boards with red and green illustrated element on cover and titles on spine, fine, in illustrated dust jacket, light
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First edition. 293 pp. 8vo. Yellow cloth boards with red and green illustrated element on cover and titles on spine, fine, in illustrated dust jacket, light soiling and rubbing at edges, small tear at top verso, else a very good copy. First edition. 293 pp. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 353408
- Title
- Crocodile Fever. A True Story of Adventure
- Author
- Earl, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- 293 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Yellow cloth boards with red and green illustrated element on cover and titles on spine, fine, in illustrated dust jacket, light
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Travel & Exploration
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Old Mill Bookshop
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey
About The Old Mill Bookshop
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue. The Madison avenue store is an oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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