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Brazilian Adventure
by Fleming, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Andover, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Press of the Readers Club, 1942. Reprint edition. With a Foreword by Clifton Fadiman. Light foxing to the endpapers. Small bleached spot on the top edge. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has some dampstains, mostly only evident on the underside. The spine is sunned. The price, $2.00, is present on both flaps.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014123
- Title
- Brazilian Adventure
- Author
- Fleming, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- The Press of the Readers Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
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