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Brazilian Adventure [Penguin Travel Library]
by Fleming, Peter
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VG
- ISBN 10
- 0140095268
- ISBN 13
- 9780140095265
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Penguin Books, 1984 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, slightly sunned, a few marks); pp. 374 (last blank), [10 (pubs. advts.)]. A very good copy.. Reprint. Soft Cover. VG.
Synopsis
Brazilian Adventure is a book by Peter Fleming about his search for the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett along with his son and another companion had disappeared while searching for the Lost City of Z in 1925. Fleming was working as literary editor for The Times when he answered a small ad asking for volunteers to join an expedition to find out what had happened to Fawcett. The story of Fleming's 1932 expedition is told in Brazilian Adventure.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023664
- Title
- Brazilian Adventure [Penguin Travel Library]
- Author
- Fleming, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0140095268
- ISBN 13
- 9780140095265
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Peter Fleming Brazilian Adventure Brazil Amazon South America Percy Fawcett Penguin Travel Library
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...