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Monsoon Seas The Story of the Indian Ocean
by Villiers, Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. "In Monsoon Seas [Alan Villiers] has written a book which combines a colorful wealth of personal adventure with the Indian Ocean's dramatic history." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose, minor edge wear, bump on spine head, small bumps on top corners and spine tail, pages are lightly tanned on edges. Dust jacket has normal edge and shelf wear, chips on spine ends, small chips on corners, 1/2-inch tear on head edge of back cover, 1/3-inch tear on tail edge of front cover, lightly tanned. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 337 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64891
- Title
- Monsoon Seas The Story of the Indian Ocean
- Author
- Villiers, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Bumps
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Good+
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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- Edges
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