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The Man Who Presumed
by Farwell, Byron
- Used
- first
- Condition
- good: bumped corners, shelf wear/soil to boards, sunned spine, toning/offset to FFEP, text clean, binding tight./no DJ
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Henry Holt and Company, 1957. first edition. hardcover. good: bumped corners, shelf wear/soil to boards, sunned spine, toning/offset to FFEP, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 334pp. Biography of the famous and controversial 19th century explorer who found the Livingstone Expedition ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"), searched for the sources of the Nile and Congo river, worked for Leopold II of Belgium in the Congo. #00973.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 892
- Title
- The Man Who Presumed
- Author
- Farwell, Byron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good: bumped corners, shelf wear/soil to boards, sunned spine, toning/offset to FFEP, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- biography, explorer, africa, nonfiction, first edition
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...