The Nile : The Life-Story of a a River
by Ludwig, Emil; Translated by Mary H. Lindsay
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4th Printing Stated: Fourth Printing April 1937. Hard cover in very good condition with tan linen-like boards, moss green spine lettering, and title & suthor blind stamped on front board. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Age toning to the papers. Contains sections of black & white photographs & illustrations. A hefty 619 numbered pages. After the last page is bound in a map, which when unfolded, measures approximately 10 7/8"" x 19 1/4""; white background, black printing, blue, yellow & green colors. Dust jacket very good with shelf & edge wear; age toning to the white of back jacket & flaps; smudges, rubbing at corners and head & hell of spine, creases at bottom front corner. There is also what appears to be part of an old postage stamp (?) on front bottom corner - see photo. Not price clipped; original price $5.00. * From the forward, ""...the greatest single stream on earth ...a fact which determines its whole life and that of its basin....Though it flows along almost one-tenth of the earth's circumference, it maintains the simplest form of all rivers; save for a single loop, its course is from south to north ... this is its history from its source to the fertile delta in Egypt and the life surrounding it....4,000 miles ~ 6,000 years.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001087
- Title
- The Nile : The Life-Story of a a River
- Author
- Ludwig, Emil; Translated by Mary H. Lindsay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Nile River, East Africa - Description and travel, Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; History of Africa; Geography & Maps;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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