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CAPTURED BY APES: A Story of Trapping in Africa
by Haarry Prentice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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About This Item
N.Y.: A.L. Burt Company, 1890 Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth decorated in black w/gold gilt on spine. Rubbed boards and edges, bumped corners as shown. 2 front pages are loosened attachment to lower front joint. Previous owner's name. A tale that was written over 130 years ago! Seventeen-year-old Bob is despondent about not being able to afford a new gun to take on a local hunting trip. Then his cousin discloses that his father might take them on a trip to Africa. This story is only one of dozens put forth by this author who lived from 1848-1912. The author is credited with many early adventure stories. It is even suggested that this book might have inspired Edgar Rice Burroughs to write the Tarzan books. This tale is over 130 years old.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rendezvous Books & Art
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Adv1-08
- Title
- CAPTURED BY APES
- Author
- Haarry Prentice
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth, tanned and soiled edges.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. L. Burt Company, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1890
- Pages
- 282
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- captured by zulus, prentice, burt
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Collectible; Juvenile; Adventure stories;
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Rendezvous Books & Art
Biblio member since 2017
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
About Rendezvous Books & Art
A small family online store specializing in Historical Americana, History, Pulps, Science Fiction, Vintage hardcovers and paperbacks, Collectibles.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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