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Chicago, Ill: Peoples Book Club, 1947. Hardcover. Fine/good. viii, 428 p.; 21 cm. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title over red ornamentation. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Both dust jacket and endpaper illustrations are by John Alan Maxwell. Color title page illustration. Hartzell Spence is famous both as the author of One Foot In Heaven, the basis… Read more about this item

Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Book Club edition. Spine faintly sunned else fine in a modestly spine-toned, very good dust jacket that has been neatly laid down onto craft paper.

New York: Whittlesey, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover. Corners bent. Spine lean. Edges of spine slightly bumped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Name inscribed on pictorial FLEP, slight toning, else content appears as unread and unblemished with fine blue cloth covered boards in DJ displaying some surface/edge wear, as shown. Repaired & reinforced chipping and wear along spine & head/heel of spine.This was the first novel I read for pleasure and it set the… Read more about this item

New York: Whittlesey House. 1947. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in boards. .

Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book club. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Covers rubbed at spine ends, corners; corners bumped; dustwrapper moderately chipped along edges, spine edges, corners, folds. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please… Read more about this item

New York: Whittlesey House. Very Good. (1947). Hardcover. Second printing. Very Good in a Very Nice dust jacket with just slight chipping at the edges. .

Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1947. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Former Owner Bookplate. BCE. Historical novel about the discovery of South America's Amazon river. Hardcover, 428pp. A nice copy sans jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Peoples Book Club, 1947. Book Club. Hardcover. very good/very good. NOT an ex library book. 428 pages. Dust jacket has 1/2" tear. no chips.

New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1947. Jacket is rubbed and chipped. Boards have light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Peoples Book Club, 1947-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library copy with minimal markings and no attachments. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean but has yellowed. Light blue cloth boards are good but have lightly bumped corners. Spine has edge wear and is lightly faded. No dust jacket. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for… Read more about this item

Chicago: People's Book Club, 1947. 1st printing of 1st US edition. Fine trade hard cover book/ small chips on dust jacket spine otherwise near fine dust jacket. Novel based on Francisco Orellana's discovery of the Amazon.

Peoples Book Club, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Peoples Book Club, 1947. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Peoples Book Club, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good to Near Fine/No Jacket. Condition is VG to Near Fine. Pages are exceptionally clean and the binding is snappy tight. Appears unopened and unread. Light blue boards are clean and square with light edge wear and slightly darkened spine. A very nice, clean and solid copy. … Read more about this item

Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1947. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. BCE. Historical novel about the discovery of South America's Amazon river. Hardcover, 428pp. A nice copy sans jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Whittlesey House, 1947. A romantic biography of the discoverer of the Amazon. Spine slightly tanned, small dampstain. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Whitefish MT: Literary Licensing, LLC. 2011. Book Club Edition.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket.. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 440 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. . No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. dj has hole in back cover. .

Peoples Book Club, 1947. Jacket shows light edge wear. Price clipped from flap.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Literary Licensing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing