At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies
by Kingsley, Charles
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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About This Item
London: MacMillan & Co., 1873. xii, 401, frontis, 12 b/w plates, text illus. . HB. 8vo, half morocco, extremities rubbed, raised bands and gt tooling to spine compartments, marbled edges and endpapers. Foxing to prelims. An attractive copy.. New edition. Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was a clergyman and enthusiastic natural historian. In this book Kingslsey displays his knowledge both of history and of natural science to chronicle his journey to the West Indies..
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- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A42174
- Title
- At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- Travel Narrative; Trinidad and Tobago; South America; America; West Indies; America
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Pemberley Books
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
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We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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- Edges
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- Morocco
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- Raised Band(s)
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