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The Winds of Mara
by Fletcher, Colin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394470915
- ISBN 13
- 9780394470917
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First edition, first printing. Observations about natural life in the Masai country in southern Kenya. Brown cloth with gilt decoration and lettering, map endpapers, tinted top edge, illustrated title spread, 343 pages, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with light edge and surface rubbing, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and is also in very good condition with some minor chipping to tips of spine panel and some surface soil, mainly a bit of finger soil to the front and rear panels.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013649
- Title
- The Winds of Mara
- Author
- Fletcher, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394470915
- ISBN 13
- 9780394470917
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- KENYA DESCRIPTION NATURAL HISTORY MASAI TRAVEL ZOOLOGY SCIENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration, International Culture;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.