The Lost World of the Kalahari
by Van Der Post, Laurens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Companion Book Club, 1958. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Classic Travel Book in search of the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa. Illustrated with some monochrome & Colour Photos. 256 Pages. Only a few spots of foxing. No inscriptions. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering on dark green ground to spine. Spine slightly faded. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Synopsis
Laurens van der Post was born in Africa in 1906. Most of his adult life was spent divided between Africa and England. His professions of writer and farmer were interrupted by ten years in the army, behind enemy lines in Abyssinia, the Western Desert and the Far East where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese while commanding a small guerrilla unit. He went straight from prison back to active service in Java. He was awarded the CBE for his services in the field.
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Details
- Seller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 003338
- Title
- The Lost World of the Kalahari
- Author
- Van Der Post, Laurens
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Companion Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- TRAVEL/VAN DER POST/AFRICA/KALAHARI DESERT/BUSHMAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...