The Boy on the Back of the Turtle: Seeking God, Quince Marmalade and the Fabled Albatross on Darwin's Islands
by Quarrington, Paul
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/good
- ISBN 10
- 1550545841
- ISBN 13
- 9781550545845
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Vancouver: Greystone Books, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Signed by the author, without inscription, on the title page above the printed name. Black hardcover with copper spine titles, first edition in dustjacket. A good+ copy with wear at the spine tips minor general wear ot the board edges. A clean, straight copy in solid binding. The jacket is also good with matching wear at the ends of the spine panel and ruffling to the edge. 247 pp., bibliography at rear. Canadian author with great wit and a beautiful experience in the Galapagos.
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- Bookseller
- Tangible Tales (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2016
- Title
- The Boy on the Back of the Turtle
- Author
- Quarrington, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1550545841
- ISBN 13
- 9781550545845
- Publisher
- Greystone Books
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- travel galapagos islands signed autographed first editions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; TRAVEL / South America;
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