Sweet Smell of Mangoes: An Artist Looks at the French Congo
by Södergren, Sigfrid [Sodergren); Hewish, John (trans.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0233959858
- ISBN 13
- 9780233959856
- Seller
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High Point, North Carolina, United States
Item Price
£13.01£10.41
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. First American Edition. Square, tight binding and hinges. Text pages clean and bright. Owner's name stamped on title page and across page edges (visible when book is closed). DJ is generally shelfworn with edge rubbing. Swedish artist's memoir of living in a jungle village in French Congo. Originally published in 1963 in Sweden as Dans Mot Mörk Botten. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 9.5" (24 cm) tall; 158 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Cat's Cradle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4130073
- Title
- Sweet Smell of Mangoes: An Artist Looks at the French Congo
- Author
- Södergren, Sigfrid [Sodergren); Hewish, John (trans.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0233959858
- ISBN 13
- 9780233959856
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- ART, ARTIST, MEMOIR, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION, AFRICA, SWEDISH, SCANDINAVIAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Travel; Africa; Art and Artists;
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