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The Electronic Elephant: A Southern African Journey
by Jacobson, Dan
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0140176209
- ISBN 13
- 9780140176209
- Seller
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About This Item
London, East Sussex, United Kingdom: Penguin Books, 1995. CE2 - A trade paperback book in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with some light creasing on the spine plus there is some light creasing on the front cover at the extreme top right and bottom right corners and on the back cover at the extreme top left and bottom left corners plus there is some light scattered surface chipping along the spine edges plus there is some very light yellowing of the outside paper edges plus there are several dogeared pages plus the book is very slightly shelf cocked. A book about the author's exploration of a the southern beginnings of a 'road to the north' planned by British colonialists and imperialists. It involves travels in the area of the north-western border of the Republic of South Africa, Botswana, and the west-central region of Zimbabwe and examines the history of the region. this includes conflict between the Boers and Britons as well as the Tswana and Ndebele. There are also stories of noted imperialists Cecil Rhodes, David Livingstone, and Lobengula. By the author of "All for Love," "The Beginners," "The Confessions of Josef Baisz," "The Evidence of Love," "Her Story," "Heshel's Kingdom," "The Price of Diamonds," "The Rage of Tamar," "The Story of the Stories," "The Trap and a Dance in the Sun," and "The Wonder Worker." Additional references, 373p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5"x7.75".
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- Bookmarc's
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SCW11800
- Title
- The Electronic Elephant: A Southern African Journey
- Author
- Jacobson, Dan
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0140176209
- ISBN 13
- 9780140176209
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London, East Sussex, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Nonfiction Non-fiction Africa African History Southern Africa Travel Adventuer Travel Memoirs Northwestern South Africa Zimbabwe Botswana Boers Britons Tswana Ndebele Rhodes Cecil Livingstone David Lobengula
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Adventure; History: Africa; Travel & Adventure / Travel; Travel & Adventure / Travel Memoirs; Travel & Adventure / Travel Journals; History: Africa / African History;
- Size
- 5"x7.75"
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- Chipping
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- Good+
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Trade Paperback
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