The Outcasts of the Islands: The Sea Gypsies of South East Asia
by HOPE, Sebastian
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0002571153
- ISBN 13
- 9780002571159
- Seller
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Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: HarperCollins, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A bright, tight copy. First impression. Octavo in publisher's original black cloth with silver title and credit to spine, lilac endpapers. 294 pages including maps, colour photographic plates, index. An enchanting tale of travels among the Sea Gypsies of Sulawesi, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, the Riau-Lingga Islands and Sulu Archipelago. Hope immerses himself in the simple, alluring way of life of a people clinging to a precarious existance in the modern world.
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- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1708879
- Title
- The Outcasts of the Islands: The Sea Gypsies of South East Asia
- Author
- HOPE, Sebastian
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002571153
- ISBN 13
- 9780002571159
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- ASIA SOUTHEASTERN DESCRIPTION TRAVEL SOUTHEAST
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia Pacific;
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Sad Paradise Books
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Rippleside, Victoria
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