A FAR-OFF PLACE
by POST, LAURENS VAN DER
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0701203862
- ISBN 13
- 9780701203863
- Seller
-
Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: THE HOGARTH PRESS. BOUND IN BLUE CLOTH WITH BRIGHT SILVER TITLES TO SPINE, THIS 1974 FIRST EDITION IS VG IN VG JACKET(UNCLIPPED). JACKET WITHIN MYLAR CLEAR PLASTIC : REMOVEABLE. (V111)/310pp WITH PRELUDE, AND 15 CHAPTERS. FFEP HAS BROWN PENCIL-THIN LINE, CENTRED TOP TO BOTTOM, BOTH SIDES. CRISP FINE APPEARANCE AND GENERALLY, ALL VG/VG . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1974.
Synopsis
The story of a long, perilous journey undertaken by four survivors of a massacre: a teenage boy of European descent, a young white girl, and two Bushmen. The basis for a major film release from Walt Disney Pictures.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0020222222189
- Title
- A FAR-OFF PLACE
- Author
- POST, LAURENS VAN DER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0701203862
- ISBN 13
- 9780701203863
- Publisher
- THE HOGARTH PRESS
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1974
- Pages
- 310
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- "A FAR-OFF PLACE" BY LAURENS VAN DER POST, 8vo HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION 1974, PUBLISHER ANDRE DEUTSCH, LONDON, CONDITION VG/VG
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- VG/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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