Fleurs & dieux à Nossi-Bé (Nosy Be, Madagascar)
by Bouruet Aubertot, Jean
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
Paris: Editions Baudinière, 1928. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this early account of the island of Nosy Be, off Madagascar, and of the voyage through Africa to reach it. 255 pp. From a large-paper edition of only 27 copies, THIS IS COPY NUMBER 1, ONE OF ONLY TWO COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Original wraps decorated with a color-printed map of Africa (including Madagascar). FINE AND BRIGHT. The justification clearly states that only the 27 large-paper copies constitute the true first edition. Such copies are extremely rare.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cole & Contreras (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38306
- Title
- Fleurs & dieux à Nossi-Bé (Nosy Be, Madagascar)
- Author
- Bouruet Aubertot, Jean
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Editions Baudinière
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- colemisc madagascar nosy be nossi-be africa african travel
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Cole & Contreras
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona
About Cole & Contreras
We are located in sunny Sitges, on the Mediterranean Coast, half an hour from Barcelona. We have been dealing in rare books since 1991.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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