Something of Value
by Ruark, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine /Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday . A clean, crisp, first edition hardcover in near fine condition; faintly age-toned end papers. Very good DJ in mylar cover; light edge wear, light sunning at spine. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1955.
Synopsis
Something of Value is a novel based on events that took place in Kenya Colony during the violent Mau Mau insurrection of the 1950s, an uprising that was confined almost exclusively to members of the Kikuyu tribe. It is a powerful, gripping, and sometimes shocking novel that presents an enlightening glimpse into the lives of all sections of the population in Colonial Kenya fifty years ago.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Maxwell's House of Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037787
- Title
- Something of Value
- Author
- Ruark, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Safari Hunting Africa Big Game Novel Fiction
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