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Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent
by Blaine Harden
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393028828
- ISBN 13
- 9780393028829
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton, September 1990. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good+ book in a Near Fine jacket. Prior owner's name to FFEP. Text block pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright with slight edgewear. No tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 333 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Books of the World
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000003338
- Title
- Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent
- Author
- Blaine Harden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393028828
- ISBN 13
- 9780393028829
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- September 1990
- Keywords
- government, politics, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya, Zaire, Zambia, Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Politics & Government;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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- FFEP
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Number Line
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