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Brazilian Adventure
by Fleming, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Limited edition of 150 copies, this being number 82. Queen Anne Press. London. 2010. Octavo. 364pp. Limitation leaf tipped in. Frontis. portrait photo., further photo plates. Original green cloth, gilt to spine and upper board. Endpaper maps.
First published in 1933 this edition includes new photos from Fleming's album of the expedition and his own corrections. "The fate of Colonel Percy Fawcett, distinguished explorer and mystic, who vanished in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil in 1925 while in search of El Dorado, or the City of Z as he called it, has never ceased to intrigue and to inspire…Peter Fleming, my father, was a precocious young man of 24 when he embarked for Brazil…"
Synopsis
Brazilian Adventure is a book by Peter Fleming about his search for the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett along with his son and another companion had disappeared while searching for the Lost City of Z in 1925. Fleming was working as literary editor for The Times when he answered a small ad asking for volunteers to join an expedition to find out what had happened to Fawcett. The story of Fleming's 1932 expedition is told in Brazilian Adventure.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Haynes Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio370
- Title
- Brazilian Adventure
- Author
- Fleming, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Queen Anne Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fawcett, Brazil. El Dorado, Mato Grosso
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration; Americas and Caribbean; Christmas gift ideas; Fine Bindings;
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
Paul Haynes Rare Books
Biblio member since 2016
Hay on Wye, Herefordshire
About Paul Haynes Rare Books
Paul Haynes has been an antiquarian bookseller since 1978. Based in Hay on Wye, he travels worldwide to buy and sell rare and old books. A member of the ABA, ILAB and PBFA. Paul Haynes Rare Books offers both antiquarian and scarce books in all subjects, with something of a bias towards the owner's passion for Travel and Exploration.
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- Tipped In
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- New
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