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Home Life on an Ostrich Farm
by Martin, Annie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Publisher's brown cloth, decorative paper onlays on both covers, gilt spine title. Very Good, some rubbing
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: George Phillip & Son, 1890. First Edition. Frontispiece photo of a troop of ostriches and 7 other full page plates. [4], 288 pp. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth, decorative paper onlays on both covers, gilt spine title. Very Good, some rubbing. First Edition. Frontispiece photo of a troop of ostriches and 7 other full page plates. [4], 288 pp. 8vo. INSCRIBED. An Englishwoman's memoir about her and her husband's life on an Ostrich Farm in South Africa's Cape Colony.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 327221
- Title
- Home Life on an Ostrich Farm
- Author
- Martin, Annie
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece photo of a troop of ostriches and 7 other full page plates. [4], 288 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's brown cloth, decorative paper onlays on both covers, gilt spine title. Very Good, some rubbing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Phillip & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Keywords
- Travellers
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