Very clean beige cloth boards with black spine, gold lettering on spine. Nice sharp corner tips, mere hint of slightest edge wear at base of spine, no tears, no fraying. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean black endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 414 pgs. Clean crisp dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A sweeping and beautiful African journey. 8vo. Adventure. ... more information

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Clean gray cloth boards with illustration of man riding zebra (seated backwards). Light surface wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight, no cracking. Pages are clean (lightly tanned). Clean endpapers with no names, writing or bookplates. 191 pgs. Clean dustjacket has chipping along top edges, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A humorous account of the post-war world. 8vo. Humor. ... more information

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Later printing of original edition. Clean black boards with clean unfaded black cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Small previous owner last name under flap of dustjacket on upper corner of front fixed endpaper. 418 pgs. Unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped (22.95 in upper corner of front inside flap), unchipped, with one short closed edge tear at base of front flap fold (under 1"). Enclosed in new arc... more information

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Worn suede wraps with maple leaf imprint and "S" on cover. Chips and wear to edges, 1-1/2 piece missing at top of spine, moderate soiling to suede. Binding is tight, no cracking, all text pages are very clean (printed on high quality glossy paper). Small name on front free endpaper (Ellis G. Rhode - 1911). Unpaginated - size of book is approx. 7-3/4" x 10" and just under 1" in thickness. Beautifully illustrated with photos of college students, 1912 graduates, college grounds an... more information

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Very clean beige cloth boards with red lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing, or marks. 239 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with mere hint of slightest edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A very clean solid book and dustjacket in collectible condition. 8vo. Short Stories. ... more information

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Stated First Edition. Very clean brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 443 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no rubbing; photo of author on rear. By the author of "Seven Days in May", this political thriller is set in West Africa. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Fiction. ... more information

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Stated First American Edition. Clean turquoise cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Hint of light surface wear to spine corners. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Previous owner name and date on front free endpaper. Frontis portrait (drawing) of Freya Stark. 230 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Spanning the lifetime of one of the most distinguis... more information

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First American Edition" stated on copyright page, in clean unchipped original jacket. Clean turquoise cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 230 pp. Clean jacket is not price clipped (6.95 on front inside flap), unchipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A galaxy of Freya Stark's shorter writings, brought here together for the first time.... more information

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Sixth Printing, SIGNED by author. Very clean turquoise boards with clean black spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers. Inscribed and signed by author on title page: "To Mary with Best Wishes - Diane Ackerman." 368 pp. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of a Polish C... more information

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Very clean gray cloth boards with illustration on cover, black title box, white lettering and decoration on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Color illustrated endpapers (tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper). 277 pgs. Illustrations in color by George Him. Original Heritage Club Sandglass pamphlet laid in. Housed in original black glossy slipcase (no chipping or cracking, one tiny ding to one side which is smal... more information

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