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A Far Country Travels in Ethiopia
by Marsden-Smedley, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0712625666
- ISBN 13
- 9780712625661
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Century Publishing, 1990. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 210pp., Index. Illustrated with double page map. No previous owner's name, no book-plate, no remainder mark. A clean, crisp as new copy. "A Far Country" is the portrait of a remarkable nation, of one of the world's most independent peoples. But it also deals with the idea of place, with myths of Paradise and images of a promised land. Philip Marsden-Smedley has explored the way that individuals --and whole races-- idealize far off places and how this prompts dreams of returning. A very fine copy in a very fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004981
- Title
- A Far Country Travels in Ethiopia
- Author
- Marsden-Smedley, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0712625666
- ISBN 13
- 9780712625661
- Publisher
- Century Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Travel. Africa, Ethiopia, Non-Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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