Speak to the Earth - Wanderings and Reflections among Elephants and Mountains
by de Watteville, Vivienne
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Methuen and Co.Ltd., 1936. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Third (and cheaper edition) 1936.No dustjacket. Brown cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair, covers are quite rubbed and worn. Binding sound. Half-title bears the name E.Huxley (the African travel writer Elspeth Huxley whose collection this book came from) in pencil. Preface by Edith Wharton. 335pp. Several b/w (actually a shade of green) photographic illustrations, and maps to endpapers..
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- Bookseller
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006606
- Title
- Speak to the Earth - Wanderings and Reflections among Elephants and Mountains
- Author
- de Watteville, Vivienne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Methuen and Co.Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- elspeth huxley, vivienne de Watteville, east africa, karen blixen
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
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Sturminster Newton
About Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books
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- Cloth
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- Fair
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- Gilt
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