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Jungle Doctor Stings a Scorpion (Jungle Doctor series)
by White, Paul; Wade, Graham (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/VG-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Paternoster Press, 1958. First Edition Later Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Wade, Graham. Book #13 in a series of 20 books published 1940s-1970s about the famous "jungle doctor" written by Paul White (1910-1992), based largely on his own experiences 1939-1941 in Central Tanganyika as a missionary. He also turned the series into a popular radio show, with all episodes set in Africa, often with a moral. Orig. published in 1955, this is the Second Printing of that First Edition from 1958, in 121 pages with decorative map endpapers + 20 illustrations throughout the text by Graham Wade. Small hardcover 12mo (5" x 7.5") had jungle green cloth-covered boards stamped with the Jungle Doctor logo to front/lettering to spine. Condition is VG+: exceptionally clean but heavily foxed to all outside page edges & endpapers. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white & completely unmarked, corners crisp. The unclipped DJ is VG-, with moderate-heavy rubbing to extremities & many small chips to corners & both ends of spine; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023452
- Title
- Jungle Doctor Stings a Scorpion (Jungle Doctor series)
- Author
- White, Paul; Wade, Graham (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Wade, Graham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Paternoster Press
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- africa african tanganiyka missionary missionaries tribe tribal jungles doctor medicine adventure mystery series Australian australia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction-General; Health & Medicine/Alternative Healing/Illness & Wellness;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Crisp
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
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