East of the Andes and West of Nowhere : A Naturalist's Wife in Colombia
by Bates, Nancy Bell Fairchild
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light cock, 1949 owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Captivating memoir of life in Villavicencio, Colombia, by the naturalist wife of naturalist Marston Bates, working on tropical health on behalf of the Rockefeller Institute in the llanos, the vast tropical grassland plain east of the Andes mountains. ; 237 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15151
- Title
- East of the Andes and West of Nowhere : A Naturalist's Wife in Colombia
- Author
- Bates, Nancy Bell Fairchild
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Colombia - Description and Travel - 20th Century, Women Travelers, Expatriate Americans, Travel Literature, Llanos, Tropical Medicine, Rockefeller Institute
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania
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