Birds' Nests in Their Beards
by Stevenson, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1964, hardcover, xii-280 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, Very Good in Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear, slight dish to front board. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light nicks, fade to spine, chip and sticker mark to heel of spine, in new Brodart sleeve. A journalistic look at Indonesia at the height of the Cold War: Politics, pirates, smugglers, agents of Peking and Washington, free-lance guerillas, and President Sukarno himself. Illustrated with 6 pages of black-&-white plates, mapped endpapers. Appended: Bibliography, Index.
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- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10469
- Title
- Birds' Nests in Their Beards
- Author
- Stevenson, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1950-1966; Asia; Indonesia; Malay Archipelago; Politics; Politics and government; Southeast; Travel
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West of Eden Books
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Lukeville , Arizona
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