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The Great Migrations
by Blond, Georges; translation by Frances Frenaye
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Co, 1956. First edition. First Printing. Good +. i-vii, 192pp, small 8vo. Black cloth over boards, stamped on spine. Book is a stated First Printing, dust jacket has small tears and wrinkles along several edges and at spine ends. Dust jacket has been clipped, but original price ($4.00) still remains. Spine head pushed with very small tear and chipping, jacket also has some soil. Book is straight with slight foxing; page 1 has a paper clip mark as a remnant. DJ has a Brodart protector. Contents: Introduction; I An Odyssey of Birds [wild geese]; II Navigators Without a Compass [herring and salmon]; III The Buffalo Trails; IV The Eighth Plague [locusts]; V The Race to Destruction [lemmings]. Book was originally published in France under the title "La Grande Aventure des Migrateurs
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- Bookseller
- Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0002527
- Title
- The Great Migrations
- Author
- Blond, Georges; translation by Frances Frenaye
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First Printing
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
Terms of Sale
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2007
Port St. Lucie, Florida
About Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Specializing in modern mystery, fantasy/science fiction, general fiction, Subterranean Press books, and photography books. Many of these are signed by the authors.
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