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My Wild Life
by Chipperfield, Jimmy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399116168
- ISBN 13
- 9780399116162
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1976 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. 219 pp, list of 33 bf&w illustrations, 14 chapters, index. First American Edition, 1976. "Jimmy Chipperfield (1912-1990) was a showman extraordinaire. He grew up in a family with a 250-year tradition of traveling circuses. From modest beginnings in his father's troupe, Jimmy and his brother Dicky built the greatest circus in Europe. Later he originated safari parks in England, enclosing a variety of animals, all allowed to run free." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Only the slightes wear to dj, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Mottled black and white cloth with black lettering to spine..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004661
- Title
- My Wild Life
- Author
- Chipperfield, Jimmy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399116168
- ISBN 13
- 9780399116162
- Publisher
- G. P. Putman's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- HISTORY EUROPE ENGLAND AUTOBIOGRAPHY TRAVELING CIRCUSES SHOWMEN CHIPPERFIELD JIMMY (1912-1990)
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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- G
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
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