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Deserts idle
by Mason, Michael H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1928. First edition, American issue; 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 211, [1]; frontispiece and 41 photographic illustrations on 35 plates, folding table of African languages, folding map inside back cover pocket, 1 drawing in the text; 2 small pressure stamps on title page, else a fine copy in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, nearly fine dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52565
- Title
- Deserts idle
- Author
- Mason, Michael H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
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- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
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