The Captain and "the Cannibal": An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage (New Directions in Narrative History)
by James Fairhead
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300198779
- ISBN 13
- 9780300198775
- Seller
-
Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, this 2015 hardback First Eidtion is VG in a VG dustjacket. This book is from the library of William Nicholson (writer), and signed by the author with an inscription to William and Virginia Nicholson on the FFEP: "Bill + Virgina, Happy Christmas and have a fantastic 2015.Thanks too for the inspiration, Jam. F". 298pp. The front dustjacket is sunned along the top, in an inch or so strip, which has gone through the the front board. Otherwise, very good.. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2015.
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- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0020571
- Title
- The Captain and "the Cannibal": An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage (New Directions in Narrative History)
- Author
- James Fairhead
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300198779
- ISBN 13
- 9780300198775
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven and London
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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- VG
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
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