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African Lives: White Lies Tropical Truth, Darkest Gossip, and Rumblings of Rumor - from Chinese Gordon to Beryl Markham, and Beyond
by Boyles, Denis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1555840345
- ISBN 13
- 9781555840341
- Seller
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Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1988 Weidenfeld & Nicolson. First Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has pale orange paper-covered boards with navy blue cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Black and white plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped. Shallow dent to the fore edge of the front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. 225 pages. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Bookseller
- SmarterRat Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8389
- Title
- African Lives: White Lies Tropical Truth, Darkest Gossip, and Rumblings of Rumor - from Chinese Gordon to Beryl Markham, and Beyond
- Author
- Boyles, Denis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1555840345
- ISBN 13
- 9781555840341
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Africa, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Africa;
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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