Tal of the Four Tribes
by Best, Herbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light cock, light tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket tape reinforcement on back of spine, edgeworn, foxing, rubbed, wear. Solid hardcover. ; Best wrote a series juvenile adventure novels set in Africa, reflecting his experiences living in Nigeria. They were illustrated by Erick Berry, the pseudonym of Best's wife, Allena Champlin. Her earlier work on his book Garram the Hunter earned a Newbery Honor in 1931. First Edition, First Printing in Dust Jacket of this juvenile novel of African tribal politics and culture during the colonial era. ; viii, 295 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14657
- Title
- Tal of the Four Tribes
- Author
- Best, Herbert
- Illustrator
- Erick Berry illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Juvenile Adventure, Africa - Fiction, Benue River (Nigeria) - Fiction, British Empire - Fiction, Colonialism, Imperialism, Tribal Culture, Tribal Warfare
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Mike's Library
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania
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- Good+
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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