The Gentle Savage - A Sudanese Journey in the Province of Bahr-el-Ghazal, commonly called "The Bog".
by WYNDHAM, Richard
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cassell, London., 1936. First edition. Octavo. 245 pages. Colour frontispiece, 48 photographs by the author; map. Contemporary (1936) ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Bookplate on front pastedown. Free endpapers a little tanned. Very good indeed in the scarce dustwrapper which is very good, repeating the author's frontispiece painting, chipped and nicked at the edges.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WYNDHAMR025647
- Title
- The Gentle Savage - A Sudanese Journey in the Province of Bahr-el-Ghazal, commonly called "The Bog".
- Author
- WYNDHAM, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Cassell, London.
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- sudan africa africana
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