Morocco From a Motor [INSCRIBED]
by Vernon, Paul E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: A. & C. Black, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 9" x 6.5", 184 pp, with index, folding map, and 48 color plates. A handsome copy in publisher's pictorial cloth and matching dust jacket, inscribed on the front free endpaper "To W.S. Hallett with all good wishes, Paul E. Vernon Jan 9/31." Very light bump to lower front corner, Hallett's bookplate on the front pastedown, scattered foxing. Dust jacket has some soiling to the rear panel and a few small chips and tears. Describes a journey from Algiers to Tangier via a route that included Oran, Tlemcen, Oudja, Taza, Fez, Meknes, Rabat, Casablanca, and Marrakesh.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23310
- Title
- Morocco From a Motor [INSCRIBED]
- Author
- Vernon, Paul E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. & C. Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Travel Narratives;
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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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