New Worlds to Conquer
by Halliburton, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- About fine(-) with very slight wear to exterior. Wee bit of foxing to plates. Tiny owner signature to front paste-down map. No j
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. Stated first edition. Hardcover. About fine(-) with very slight wear to exterior. Wee bit of foxing to plates. Tiny owner signature to front paste-down map. No jacket. A very bright, crisp copy.. Quarto in olive cloth; 7 preliminary leaves, 368 pages frontispiece, plates (part double) portraits, double map 24 cm. Maps on lining papers. "Richard Halliburton (1900 - presumed dead after March 24, 1939) was an American travel writer and adventurer who swam the length of the Panama Canal and paid the lowest toll in its history-36 cents in 1928.[1] He disappeared at sea while attempting to sail the Chinese junk Sea Dragon across the Pacific Ocean from Hong Kong to the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, California. ¶ Adventure and adventurers. Travel. Latin America -- Description and travel. Amérique latine -- Descriptions et voyages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101770
- Title
- New Worlds to Conquer
- Author
- Halliburton, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About fine(-) with very slight wear to exterior. Wee bit of foxing to plates. Tiny owner signature to front paste-down map. No j
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated first edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1929
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- Quarto
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- Paste-down
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