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Travellers' Tales and Sketches
by A E M Bayliss
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Bombay and Sydney: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1931 Book. Good. Orange Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A collection of travel writing for children, including both fiction and true adventure stories, from a variety of authors, including Jonathan Swift, Charles Kingsley, Herman Melville, Charles Darwin and Marco Polo. Harrap's Junior Modern English Series edition. Left hinge cracked, 1" tear to half title page, front endpaper missing, spine and corners bumped, spine faded, marking to boards and some spotting to pastedowns, otherwise good copy..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002008
- Title
- Travellers' Tales and Sketches
- Author
- A E M Bayliss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- George G Harrap & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, Bombay and Sydney
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Collectable Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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- G
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- Hinge
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- 12mo
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