Little, Brown, 1997-01-16. 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/VG+/VG+. Box 75 HARDBACK ""HISTORICAL NOVEL,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1997.* Pub: Little Brown.* Binding and cover condition: Grey-blue cloth covered boards showing a picture of XXXX. Gilt titles to spine only. Small dent to top rear edge. No bumps or rubs. Top edges and head of spine faded, no other visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated jacket showing a Victorian lady in an African village setting. Dunn and slate titles to spine and face. Not price clipped showing a shelf price of £15.99. Minor shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG+.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Slightly dusty to top edges. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Description: Jilted by a local aristocrat and bereft following the death of her mother, Clara meets and falls in love with a visiting missionary. They marry and she joins him in Africa in an enclave of huts, dust and flies. There, as tribal warfare spills into the camp, Clara begins a heart-wrenching discovery.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. thus with some age and wear reducing it to VG+.* 0

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10016
Title: The Missionary's Wife
Author: Jeal., Tim
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG++/VG+/VG+
Edition: 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0316881139
ISBN 13: 9780316881135
Publisher: Little, Brown
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1997-01-16
Pages: 347
X weight: g

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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...
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...
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