Kwaku: Or The Man Who Could Not Keep His Mouth Shut
by Roy A.K. Heath
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine book; very good dust jacket, spine sunned, edges lightly worn
- ISBN 10
- 0850314704
- ISBN 13
- 9780850314700
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Allison & Busby, 1982. First edition. Hardcover, [octavo], black cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 254 pp. Near fine book; very good dust jacket, spine sunned, edges lightly worn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1881
- Title
- Kwaku
- Author
- Roy A.K. Heath
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, [octavo], black cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 254 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine book; very good dust jacket, spine sunned, edges lightly worn
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0850314704
- ISBN 13
- 9780850314700
- Publisher
- Allison & Busby
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Guyana, Roy A.K. Heath, Kwaku
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- Edges
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- Sunned
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...