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Too Close to the Sun. The Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton
by Wheeler, Sara
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0224063804
- ISBN 13
- 9780224063807
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Jonathan Cape, 2006) 9780224063804. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pictorial endpapers; pp. (xvi) + 284, incl. index; maps; plates. A little spotting to top edge. Very good condition. "Conservationist, scholar, soldier, white hunter and fabled lover - Denys Finch Hatton was an aristocrat of leonine nonchalance. After a dazzling career at Eton and Oxford he sailed in 1910 for British East Africa - still then the land of the pioneer. There, concluded his obituary in The Times, 'No one who ever met him, whether man or woman, old or young, white or black, failed to come under his spell ... He was different from everyone else. He always left an impression of greatness - there is no other word - and aroused interest as no one else could.'" .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12427
- Title
- Too Close to the Sun. The Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton
- Author
- Wheeler, Sara
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224063804
- ISBN 13
- 9780224063807
- Publisher
- (London: Jonathan Cape, 2006) 9780224063804
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- January 2006
- Keywords
- Karen Blixen. Isak Dinesen. Ngong Hills. Beryl Markham. Eton. East Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- East Africa;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that 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...