Bye Bye Shangri-la
by Brown, Robin
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0297795171
- ISBN 13
- 9780297795179
- Seller
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1989. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Introduction by Gerald Durrell. 212 pages. On 16 September 1947, an ordinary little family called Brown left the comfort of Patcham to become white settlers in darkest Africa. They drove down south-central Africa from Mombasa across the Masai steppe, through tsete fly control zones until they found Shangri-la. For the author, then nine, this was a personal voyage of adventure and discovery and he has now recaptured it in a witty and often moving autobiography. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB267833
- Title
- Bye Bye Shangri-la
- Author
- Brown, Robin
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0297795171
- ISBN 13
- 9780297795179
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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