Impossible Adventure: Journey to the Far Amazon
by Gheerbrant, Alain
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair to Good
- Seller
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Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London, England: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Medium hardcover with green boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 426gms, 390 pages, blank endpapers. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is a pen inscription from a previous owner on the inside front endpaper. Boards and dust jacket are in fair to good condition with moderate shelf wear, scuffing and chipping. Dust jacket has been covered in clear protective plastic, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Habit (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TRASA10
- Title
- Impossible Adventure: Journey to the Far Amazon
- Author
- Gheerbrant, Alain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair to Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Alain Gheerbrant, Amazon, Orinoco, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Sierra Parima, Travel, Adventure, Exploration
Terms of Sale
Reading Habit
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About the Seller
Reading Habit
Biblio member since 2009
Buttaba, New South Wales
About Reading Habit
Dealers in quality secondhand books, operating online and at local markets. We offer recycled book titles at up to 70% off original retail prices. We have over 30,000 books in stock.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
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