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Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa.; With Original Photographs (January 1914 - July 1931), and Quotations from Isak Dinesen
by BEARD, Peter
- Used
- Condition
- very good(+)/very good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, 1975. First. hardcover. very good(+)/very good. Beard, Peter. Collected by Peter Beard; afterword by Jacqueline Bouvier Onassis. With 168 drawings, 160 photographs and 15 pages in color. Short 4to, black pictorial cloth, d.w. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1975). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> Warmly inscribed by Beard to the doctor who delivered the Beard's baby, Zara, and decorated with ink drawings over the whole front fly-leaf & end-paper, depicting "Hog Ranch" with a family of hogs, a giraffe, a tent, and alligators pursuing a swimmer. Enclosed is a xerox copy of the baby's birth certificate and accompanying illustrated announcement.<br/> <br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 319788
- Title
- Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa.; With Original Photographs (January 1914 - July 1931), and Quotations from Isak Dinesen
- Author
- BEARD, Peter
- Illustrator
- Beard, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good(+)
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
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New York, New York
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