The Colony The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
by Tayman, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 074323300X
- ISBN 13
- 9780743233002
- Seller
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Lake Elsinore, California, United States
Item Price
£16.33£11.43
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About This Item
Scribner. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author; 074323300X . Signed by author. Signed and inscribed on the title page. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 421 pp. Notes and Index. Slight lean; discoloration inside the back cover. Remains and attractive copy. "From 1866 through 1969, the Hawaiian and American governments banished nearly 9,000 leprosy sufferers into exile on a peninsula on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. ...Tayman has created a fitting monument to the strength and character of the castoffs in particular, and human beings as a whole. B&w photos. " From Publishers Weekly. ; 9.2 X 6.2 X 1.3 inches; 421 pages .
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- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8807
- Title
- The Colony The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
- Author
- Tayman, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 074323300X
- ISBN 13
- 9780743233002
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- History-Hawaii-Medical History, Medicine-sociology, Politics & Social Sciences-medicine, History-Infectious Disease
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: United States; Signed Books; Exploration, Geography & Maps;
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