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Around the World on a Nickel by Jimmy Bedford - 1967

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Around the World on a Nickel by Jimmy Bedford - 1967

Around the World on a Nickel

by Jimmy Bedford

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Associated Publishing House, New Delhi, 1967. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Signed by Author. 314 pages. Light shelf wear, the pages are tanned; a good sound binding. The dust jacket is worn and torn; some creasing and discoloring. On the half title page is an inscription and signature from Bedford dated 1972. Taped on the page is a 1965 nickel with the note "Attached is the fare for the world tour-if used according to directions!" Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Standard Weight. Category: Countries & Travel; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 185867. .
  • Bookseller Easy Chair Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good Condition
  • Jacket Condition Fair
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Associated Publishing House
  • Place of Publication New Delhi
  • Date Published 1967
  • Keywords BZDB23 NOISBN Countries & Travel; Around the World on a Nickel Jimmy Bedford

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AROUND THE WORLD ON A NICKEL (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)
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AROUND THE WORLD ON A NICKEL (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)

by Bedford, Jimmy

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
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Used - Very Good in Good Plus DJ.
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Hardcover
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New Delhi, India: VIR Publishing House/Associated Publishing House, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good in Good Plus DJ.. Slight spine lean. Book shows a bit of edgewear and light chipping to dust jacket, now protected in mylar. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, with a 1941 nickel scotch-taped to the page saying "Attached is the fare for one world tour if used according to directions". Several black and white illustrations. Note: The nickel is tarnished on all parts except that beneath the piece of tape. Full obituary from the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner laid in at rear. 314 pp. The story of the author's first trip around the world, from 1958 to 1960 in which his net costs were 5 cents. The book describes how he gave up the comfort and security of a good job and ventured into the unknown and saw a large slice of life in other parts of the world. [Bedford's] "...nickel tour carried the author into the reindeer country above the Arctic Circle and down into the pygmy territory deep in the Ituri… Read More
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