A Curious Life for a Lady: The Story of Isabella Bird
by Pat BARR
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/N/A
- ISBN 10
- 0140079211
- ISBN 13
- 9780140079210
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books, 1985. Reprint. Paperback. Good/N/A. This is the travel biography of Isabella Bird, the author of The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither, who spent much of her first forty years of her life as a pious Victorian parson's daughter studying hymns. It was therefore surprising that she then burst out of such homely confinements to become a tireless international traveller, usually alone. Most of her travels were to parts of Asia where European influence was not well established. In the late 1870s she visited Malaya shortly after the Pangkor Agreement. Good Paperback. Reprint. Originally published in 1970. 347 pages with a list of sources and an index. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The spine has light creases and the cover edges have some rubbing. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is medium tanning throughout.
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- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ML1466
- Title
- A Curious Life for a Lady: The Story of Isabella Bird
- Author
- Pat BARR
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0140079211
- ISBN 13
- 9780140079210
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth, UK
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Malaysia - Malaya - Biography - Women Travellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...