KABONGO: The Story of a Kikuyu Chief
by Baker, Richard St. Barbe
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1955. 127 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ title on spine. Rubbed. Light foxing to top edge of text block and endpapers. DJ has wear to edges. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ wood engravings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. Illus. by Yvonne Skargon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11261BH
- Title
- KABONGO: The Story of a Kikuyu Chief
- Author
- Baker, Richard St. Barbe
- Illustrator
- Yvonne Skargon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Black History, African American History, Americana, American History, Kabongo, Africa, African History, Kikuyu Chief, Yvonne Skargon
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.