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When Lion Could Fly and Other Tales from Africa
by Greaves, Nick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 1874937265
- ISBN 13
- 9781874937265
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Durban North, South Africa / Auckland, New Zealand: Bok Books International / David Bateman Ltd., 1993. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clement, Rod. 144pp w glossary and bibliography. Beautiful illustrations by Rod Clement - colour paintings and drawings - many full and double page. Decorative endpapers. Prev owner name inked neatly to ffep. Orange boards w crisp white lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine, however top and fore edges are sunned. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Corresponding sunning to top and fore edges. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo. Orange boards Southern and Eastern Africa edition, stated.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047256
- Title
- When Lion Could Fly and Other Tales from Africa
- Author
- Greaves, Nick
- Illustrator
- Clement, Rod
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1874937265
- ISBN 13
- 9781874937265
- Publisher
- Bok Books International / David Bateman Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Durban North, South Africa / Auckland, New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1993
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- African folklore. Tswana folklore. Ndebele folklore. Batonka folklore. Bushman folklore. Zulu folklore. Shona folklore. Kikuyu folklore. Angoni folklore. Batonka folklore. Swahili folklore. Hambakushu folklore. Swazi folklore. Hottentot folkl
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mythology;
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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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...
- New
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
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