Desolate Marches: Travels in the Orinoco Llanos of Venezuela
by Nesbitt, L. M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition, 8vo, 320 pages, illustrated from drawings by the author; mild shelf bump to bottom front board edge near spine, internally clean and sound; dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with chipping and small tears at extremities, one inch triangle out at bottom front edge, still very attractive in mylar cover. Engineer's story of how he surveyed a large area of the Orinoco basin for an American oil company, under peculiarly trying conditions.
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- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001437
- Title
- Desolate Marches: Travels in the Orinoco Llanos of Venezuela
- Author
- Nesbitt, L. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- VENEZUELA ENGINEERING EXPEDITION TRAVEL WRITING ORINOCO HISTORY
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