A GLIMPSE OF EDEN
by Ames, Evelyn
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. "This book captures the magic of Africa as no one has done since Isak Dinesen. It can be read on three levels: for the color and pageantry of wildlife, for an understanding of the importance of preserving it, and for the mystic answer wildlife holds for our overburdened civilization." Illustrated by Victor Ambrus. 208 pages. Green cloth covers with images of zebras along the bottom and gilt lettering on spine. DJ in Good+ condition with chipping/tears to edges and corners, brown stains to inside along spine, browning to edges. Cover corners and edges are rubbed, spine ends are bent. Spine is slightly cocked. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG condition.. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Victor Ambrus. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Africa.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006238
- Title
- A GLIMPSE OF EDEN
- Author
- Ames, Evelyn
- Illustrator
- Victor Ambrus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Travel;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4"
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About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
Biblio member since 2010
Princeton, New Jersey
About Bee Creek Books
Welcome to Bee Creek Books! We specialize in rare and out of print books in a variety of subjects (fiction to fishing, the arts to agriculture), old government documents, rare periodicals, vintage journals, no longer printed reports and quarterlies, classic maps and charts, photos, and much more!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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