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The Life of My Choice
por Wilfried Thesiger
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Muito Bom/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393025136
- ISBN 13
- 9780393025132
- Livreiro
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1988 W.W. Norton & Company, New York. 1988. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/2nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light dust soiling to textblock edges. DJ: Very Good: NOT Price Clipped ($25.00); slight wear to tips; suntoning to peripheral edges of DJ. Tan paper over boards with brown cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Clean internals: internal hinges are sound and not split. 459 pp 8vo. In this autobiography, Thesiger recalls his life in sch a way as to illuminate the people who most profoundly influenced him and the events that enabled him to lead the life of his choice. A great explorer of regions not yet explored or conquered by the white race or civilization, his life among the Somali, Druze, Bedu, Abyssinian, or Samburu peoples were what he admired the most and emulated in his own life. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 013387
- Título
- The Life of My Choice
- Autor
- Wilfried Thesiger
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393025136
- ISBN 13
- 9780393025132
- Editorial
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Local de publicação
- New York, NY
- Data de publicação
- 1988
- Dimensão
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palavras-chave
- Wilfred Thesiger, Royal Geographic Society, Lord Chelmsford, explorers, hunters, archaeology, cultural anthropology, Abyssinia, Haile Selassie, Danakil, Suthern Iraq, Tibesti, Libya, World War II, SAS
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Autobiography;
Termos da venda
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Sobre o Vendedor
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Membro de Biblio desde 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
Sobre Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...