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Islands of Tomorrow
by Elmberg, John-Erik
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. Translated from the original Swedish. Diary of a voyage to make films of the indigenous peoples in Southern India, Ceylon, the Indonesian Islands, New Guinea and New Zealand. Blue bds with sunning to spine, private library plate pasted to front paste down, small bookshop stamp to title page, pp 355 with many b/w photos and illus showing tradional skills, daily life, incl musical scores and 3 maps. Book block is tight, interior clean with usual foxing.. First Edition. Buckram. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7077
- Title
- Islands of Tomorrow
- Author
- Elmberg, John-Erik
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Southern India, Ceylon, the Indonesian Islands, New Guinea and New Zealand
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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Ariel Books
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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- Jacket
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- Title Page
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- Buckram
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- New
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- First Edition
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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