Savage Gentlemen
by Cole, Mabel Cook
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., r1929. Undetermined. very good. xv,249pp. Octavo in original illustrated textured yellow cloth and endpaper illustrations with frontispiece and plates from photos. Spine slightly darkened with some dust soiling to boards, else a tight, clean copy. Panels with blurbs from from dust jacket tipped in at front. very good Narrative of the author's experiences spent of four years with her husband who studied "the wild tribes of the remote islands of the Philippines, living with pigmies and tree dwellers, cannibals and head hunters.". 1929
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131245
- Title
- Savage Gentlemen
- Author
- Cole, Mabel Cook
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- r1929
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.