- First Edition
- Used
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since August 25, 1996
Condition: Used
US$ 53.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Tall 8vo. 124, [1] pp. Photographic illustrations. Black cloth with gilt lettering to front cover; color map endpapers at rear; photo-illustration of the original Boyce expedition inside front cover, in cream dustjacket with black lettering. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (light wear to extremities; minor spotting to front cover). The author was the son of William D. Boyce, American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, explorer and founder of the Boy Scouts of America and the short-lived Lone Scouts of America. Ben Boyce had a single-minded focus to travel to New Guinea and solicited his father's influence to secure the permissions required to the island considered too dangerous for visitors. In exchange, he promised to write his father a letter once a week during the expedition; the letters were to be published in the Chicago Saturday Blade newspaper.
Seller Inventory # 21009
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Dear Dad: Letters from New Guinea
- Author
- Boyce, Ben S.
- Publisher
- W. D. Boyce Company, Chicago
- Publication year
- 1928
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration
Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA
Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
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Carpe Diem Fine Books specializes in out-of-print and rare books in all subject areas with an emphasis on the history and literature of California and the Missions - and the American West. Visit our shop in downtown Old Monterey, where we feature an ever-changing array of out-of-print and rare books - as well as ephemera, fine art and other interesting collectibles. We currently have several thousand books from our inventory cataloged online (a small portion of our total inventory); please take time to browse our selection. And, as we are adding books regularly, we hope you will bookmark our site and visit often. Since we have many books in stock which are not yet listed online, please inquire about items of special interest. …
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Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA
245 Pearl Street
Monterey, CA U.S.A. 93940
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