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Travel Letters from New Zealand, Australia, and Africa
by E.W. Howe
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Topeka, KS: Crane and Company, 1913 Crane and Company, Topeka, KS. 1913. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Edition. Retired public library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for library stamps on textblock edges, endpapers, title page, copyright page, and first page. Book Condition: Good; check out pocket in rear; slight wear through on board bottoms; light wear to tips, head, and tail; index number on spine. No DJ. Tan cloth boards and spine with rust lettering on the spine and front board. 476 pp 8vo. By the owner of the Atchison (KS) Globe. This is a day-to-day diary of sights, scenes, and people on the author's six-month long trip through the Pacific (Jan-May 1913). Produced during a time when travel to this region was rare, the author give very detailed descriptions of parts of the world not seen by his readership. A clean very presentable copy with little library use.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008602
- Title
- Travel Letters from New Zealand, Australia, and Africa
- Author
- E.W. Howe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Crane and Company
- Place of Publication
- Topeka, KS
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- travelogue, travel to the Pacific, Edward W. Howe, Atchison Globe, Travel to New Zealand, Travel to Africa, Travel to Australia, travel by ocean liner, ship travel, Red Sea, South Africa, slavery, anthropology, cultural anthropology, customs, habits,
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- Transportation; Autobiography;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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