Longing For Darkness with Original Photographs (January 1914 -July 1931: Kamante's Tales and Quotations from Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) from Out of Africa Collected by Peter Beard
by Beard, Peter
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- Fine
- Hardcover
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- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Quarto, illustrated. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with 2 tiny nicks at the spine head and a crease on the front flap of the dust jacket. Warmly inscribed by Beard "Dear Ed all best as ev(er), keep grazing Peter Beard May 15, '80" Beard has additionally penned a panorama encompassing the entire front fly leaf and inside front panel using red, blue and brown ink. It appears to be 2 warthogs grazing. Some minor foxing on the text block edges. Very faint stain to interior of dust jacket on the back not affecting the board.
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- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44483
- Title
- Longing For Darkness with Original Photographs (January 1914 -July 1931
- Author
- Beard, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1975
- Bookseller catalogs
- African History;
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About the Seller
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