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From the Field A Collection of Writings from National Geographic
by McCarry, Charles, Edited By
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ to Near Fine/Near Fine d/j
- ISBN 10
- 0792270126
- ISBN 13
- 9780792270126
- Seller
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Wilson, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
National Geographic Society, 1997. Name not filled in on Reader's Digest Recognition Award bookplate sticker on front endpage, bottom edge of yellow cloth slightly dust soiled as are top page edges. D/j edges lightly rubbed. Yellow cloth with gold lettering on spine, black boards. 444 pages.. Probable 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+ to Near Fine/Near Fine d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Virtuous Volumes et al.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014754
- Title
- From the Field A Collection of Writings from National Geographic
- Author
- McCarry, Charles, Edited By
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ to Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine d/j
- Edition
- Probable 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0792270126
- ISBN 13
- 9780792270126
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Geography National Geographic McCarry, Charles Writings Collections Anthology Foote, Shelby Lopez, Barry Theroux, Paul Hillary, Sir Edmund Goodall, Jane Benchley, Peter Remnick, David Angelou, Maya Conrad, Joseph Ackerman, Diane
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