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Flamingo Feather A Story of Africa
by Laurens Van Der Post
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Hogarth Press, 1955. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of this novel about an adventure in Africa, written by Laurens Can Der Post, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the original publisher's cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This exciting and adventurous work was written by Laurens Van Der Post, a South African author and farmer. This work tells the story of two African hunters who go out to track the source of evil that they feel is brewing in their country. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with fading to the spine, a very slight lean and minor shelf wear. Light offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap is very smart with sunning to the spine, chips and small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine, a one inch closed tear to the tail of the front and marks to the rear. Spotting to the verso. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with light spotting to the front and rear. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 898Z13
- Title
- Flamingo Feather A Story of Africa
- Author
- Laurens Van Der Post
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- First edition Africa Fiction Adventure Africa
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
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