A Sentimental Safari [Africa] [Hunting]
by Roosevelt, Kermit
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good.
Green cloth with gilt spine titles and darker green spine and front decorations. Top edge stained red. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; [7], viii-xxii, [3], 4-286, [4] pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has evenly age-toned with a tiny loss on the foot of the spine. . A travelogue of an account of the 1960 African Safari following the safari first traveled by Kermit Roosevelt's his grandfather, President 'Teddy' Roosevelt made famous in the book 'African Game Trails' 50-years earlier.
Green cloth with gilt spine titles and darker green spine and front decorations. Top edge stained red. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; [7], viii-xxii, [3], 4-286, [4] pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has evenly age-toned with a tiny loss on the foot of the spine. . A travelogue of an account of the 1960 African Safari following the safari first traveled by Kermit Roosevelt's his grandfather, President 'Teddy' Roosevelt made famous in the book 'African Game Trails' 50-years earlier.
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18023
- Title
- A Sentimental Safari [Africa] [Hunting]
- Author
- Roosevelt, Kermit
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
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