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A Claim in the Hills
by Wickenden, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1955 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown boards, blue cloth spine with foil & orange titles, vii, 275 pp, b & w frontispiece & chapter headpieces. Extemities slightly rubbed. DJ spine faded & chipped, edge tears to 3 cm, corner clipped but price still present; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "A few pork-knockers [gold & diamond prospectors], bolder than the rest, have gone beyond their usual grounds and have explored haphazardly, sometimes for years, alone. Such men are unhandy with a pen, but one or two have the eye of the solitary resourceful traveller in sympathy with his landscape. This work is entirely based on the experiences of one of these prospectors, a British West Indian and a personal friend of the author, who wishes to remain anonymous. The author has aimed to present a faithful portrayal of this man's life and of the Patamona with whom he lived." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . VG+/VG-. Illus. by Ralph Thompson. 21 X 14½ cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TRLA00012
- Title
- A Claim in the Hills
- Author
- Wickenden, James
- Illustrator
- Ralph Thompson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travel Latin America Prospecting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
- Size
- 21 X 14½ cm
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About the Seller
Twin City Antiquarian Books
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About Twin City Antiquarian Books
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- VG+/VG-
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