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Elephants Arrive At Half-Past Five
by Chase, Ilka
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: W H Allen, 1964. Ilka Chase and her husband, Dr Norton Brown, take the reader on a photo-safari through East Africa. Endmaps, b/w photos, travellers' tips & bibliography. 270pp. Green cloth, black cloth covered spine with gilt text.. Ffep has tiny bookstore stamp and blue pen mark. Clean and tight. DJ priceclipped, sunned spine, small tears to spine head area. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Norton Brown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- All Booked
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000207
- Title
- Elephants Arrive At Half-Past Five
- Author
- Chase, Ilka
- Illustrator
- Norton Brown
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W H Allen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- East-African Safari Adventure Wildlife Exploration Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
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