Six Years in the Malay Jungle
by WELLS, Carveth
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1925. Hardcover. Good. London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1925 (first UK edition)/ 1924. Octavo, xvi, 261 pages plus 11 plates. Decorated cloth a little stained; spine sunned; a couple of very short closed tears to the head of the spine; flyleaves browned; ownership details inked-out; a good copy. The author, an engineer sent to the Malay Jungle 'in 1913 to survey a route for a railway' was kept there for six years by the fortunes of war.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130755
- Title
- Six Years in the Malay Jungle
- Author
- WELLS, Carveth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1925
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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
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