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Notes on a Drum: Travel Sketches in Guatemala
by JACKSON, Joseph Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: MacMillan Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Good. Charles Owens (endpaper maps). 8vo. Pp. x, 276. Illustrated with reproductions of 64 black & white photos by the author. Published November 1937. Orange cloth, titles and decorations stamped in red and black on the cover and spine, red topstain, two-color endpaper sketch maps: light dents to board edges, small stain to rear panel, else crisp and bright. In the color illustrated dust jacket with price clipped from the front flap: spine sunned; light edge-wear. A lively account with fine photographs, being a follow-up to the author's lauded Mexican Interlude travel guide. A handsome, presentable copy.
Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6973
- Title
- Notes on a Drum: Travel Sketches in Guatemala
- Author
- JACKSON, Joseph Henry
- Illustrator
- Charles Owens (endpaper maps)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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