WE CHOSE THE ISLANDS A SIX YEAR ADVENTURE IN THE GILBERTS
by Grimble, Arthur, Sir
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- Hardcover
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- See description
- Seller
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Watkins Glen, New York, United States
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About This Item
William Morrow & Company 1952.. VG-/G+. Green paper over cardboard boards with black cloth spine . Green banner with gold lettering on spine. Also green details. No edition states although date appears on title page. 'w' printing. V ery minor spine end and corner wear. Also some minor text loosness. Endpapers are green and white maps of the western isles of the pacific and the Gilbert islands. A rare, happy book about a young cou ple and their first wonderful years in the South Pacific. DJ has usual minor edge nicks and chips. ; 8vo; 340 pages. Illustrated by Illustrated by Thomas Pomfret. Binding is Hardcover. .
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- Bookseller
- Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4853
- Title
- WE CHOSE THE ISLANDS A SIX YEAR ADVENTURE IN THE GILBERTS
- Author
- Grimble, Arthur, Sir
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Company 1952.
- Keywords
- South Pacific Biography Adventure Ellice Island Il
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Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles
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Watkins Glen, New York
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