TRAVELLERS' TALES -- Stories of Adventure in Far Lands, Told By Marco Polo, Columbus, Hernando Cortes, Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain Cook, And Other Famous Explorers Of An Unknown World
by Du Bois, Jay (Arranged By)
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Everybody's Vacation Publishing, 1950. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book In Good Condition. No jacket. Great armchair travellers' adventures. The accounts here in journal form were all written by actual participants in these hazardous voyages, whose accounts are in vivid detail. The representative selections in this book will acquaint the reader with the flavor and the fact of the awful hardships endured and the joy of the discoveries made. Tight and solid, clean blue cloth binding with blind stamp design on front, titles on spine barely visible. Slight wear to corners; lightly faded along top edge and spine. Rough cut. Free endpaper is missing. Title page is torn loose except for an inch on top. Internals clean, unmarked, toned--in very nice condition. 282 pages. 5.75 x 8 inches. Everybody's Vacation Publishing. New York, 1950.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006506
- Title
- TRAVELLERS' TALES -- Stories of Adventure in Far Lands, Told By Marco Polo, Columbus, Hernando Cortes, Sir Walter Raleigh, Captain Cook, And Other Famous Explorers Of An Unknown World
- Author
- Du Bois, Jay (Arranged By)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Everybody's Vacation Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- TRAVELERS, EXPLOERERS; ADVENTURE; MARCO POLO; COLUMBUS; CORTES; SIR WALTER RALEIGH; CAPTAIN COOK;
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