THE EBBING OF THE TIDE
by BECKE, Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good (-)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T.Fisher Unwin. unstated . Patterned blue cloth. Good (-)/No Jacket. 13 Cm X 19 Cm. 292+(4, pub.list); front endpaper lightly tanned with traces of erasedpencil, gutter paper split, early signature verso front endpaper, t.p.heavily tanned, following 'Contents' page also tanned but less heavily, heavy tanning to last page of pub.list and lightly to rear endpaper, some gutters between gatherings slightly open, covers have whitish splash-type soiling to front, corners bumped, spine faded with nick to bottom, back clean and brighter but still a few marks. Undated but feels early 20th cent., unclear if the stories which comprise this work are actually fiction or fictionalised memoir - full of dialogue but also lots of detail about different islands with some anthropological content. Fairly uncommon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Douglas Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011613
- Title
- THE EBBING OF THE TIDE
- Author
- BECKE, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Patterned blue cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (-)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T.Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 13 Cm X 19 Cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Pacific islands travel memoirs stories missionaries
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Douglas Books
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent
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