Cambridge / Boston: Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. First edition/2nd printing 1961. Nice condition for it's age. Hardcover is fine other than slight wear to corners and slight soiling bottom edge of pages. Pages are otherwise clean and intact. Jacket has age tanning, light edge wear and a few tiny edge tears, not price clipped. Author of the Ninth Wave, co-author of The Ugly American, now takes as his literary province the vast area of the South Pacific known as Oceania. ; 8vo; 318 pages; Review: "Terrific overview of Pacific cultures and GeographyReviewed in Canada on April 4, 1999A great example of a excellent book that could become a classic without being confused with world literature. A strait forward discription of the South Seas and their peoples and geography (how coral attols and volcanic islands are formed) without being dry, but rather using it to help the reader better understand the stories he has to tell. Anyone who loves the South Seas and the stories of Jack London and Somerset Maugham will love this book. It is the #1 book I have everyone read that comes to visit me. I always receive five thumbs up. " (620-3-240) .

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Bookseller: Riverwood's Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3319
Title: The Blue of Capricorn
Author: Eugene Burdick
Illustrator: William Hofmann
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition; Second Printing
Publisher: Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Cambridge / Boston
Date Published: 1961
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs: Adventure & Travel; Biography- Travel, Exploration;

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Riverwood's is an online bookshop, based in Edmonton, Alberta.We carry a wide range of vintage, used & new books, including first editions, signed books, vintage paperbacks, children's vintage, and other out of print titles. You'll also find an excellent selection of reference and non-fiction books covering a variety of topics and interests.If there's a particular title you're looking for, we would be happy to help you track it down.

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