Grand and Private Pleasures
by Stinnett, Caskie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316816299
- ISBN 13
- 9780316816298
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown, 1977. Signed by author on fep Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 203 crisp, clean pages, tight binding. From jacket:"Whether he is describing a night spent in a hotel in a cave in the Sahara Desert or spending a winter's day locked up in Elsinore Castle or struggling through the Amazon jungle searching for an Indian village or joining a beach full of nudists on the Ile du Levant, (the author) writes with a vivid and distinguished prose style that makes the reader feel that he or she is traveling with a well informed and humorous companion." Contents include: The Green Hall of Leticia The Best Ham in the World. Period. Europe's Most European Country The Hotel in a Cave Finland, Loyly, Cloudberries and I The Girl from Ipanema From Key Largo to Key West A Haunted Place, more Some slight abrasions to bottom of jacket spine where label was removed; light wear to jacket, lightly bumped head and heel of spine. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001396
- Title
- Grand and Private Pleasures
- Author
- Stinnett, Caskie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0316816299
- ISBN 13
- 9780316816298
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- First Edition; travel; Travelling; Alabama; New York; Orient express;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; First Editions; Travel; Adventure;
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