The Lost World of the Kalahari
by Laurens van der Post
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Blue cloth cover boards with fading on the spine, slight bumping on the spine ends. The dust jacket is protected in Brodart cover. D/J clipped and has some chips on top spine and bottom front. The binding is intact and secure. The text block is clean and unmarked with some age toning. 256 pp
Synopsis
Laurens van der Post was born in Africa in 1906. Most of his adult life was spent divided between Africa and England. His professions of writer and farmer were interrupted by ten years in the army, behind enemy lines in Abyssinia, the Western Desert and the Far East where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese while commanding a small guerrilla unit. He went straight from prison back to active service in Java. He was awarded the CBE for his services in the field.
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- Bookseller
- VFOL UsedBooks (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2011043
- Title
- The Lost World of the Kalahari
- Author
- Laurens van der Post
- Format/Binding
- Very good
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- October 1958
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Box11
- Bookseller catalogs
- memoir; African history;
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Brodart
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- 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....