Happy Yesterdays
by Jarvis, C.S.; Roly (Illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint of the 1948 edition. 184 pp, with illustrations. A few spots of soiling to boards and endpapers; else clean and sound. Dust jacket is price clipped, with light shelf wear. Jarvis was a British soldier and civil servant who spent 18 years as Arab Administrator in Egypt. Upon returning to England, he wrote several books of humorous reminiscences from his Middle Eastern experiences and essays on country living.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1913
- Title
- Happy Yesterdays
- Author
- Jarvis, C.S.; Roly (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- middle east
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Walkabout Books
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...