A Pattern of Islands [with] Return to the Islands. THE 'ISLANDS' IN FULL MOROCCO
Published by John Murray, [1952-57], 1952
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used

Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United KingdomIsland Books
AbeBooks seller since December 3, 1999
Condition: Used
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2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignettes, several illustrations in the text and 2 maps (one double-page) on green stock; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, original backstrips and upper board images preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves at front, custom-made slip-case, an elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. Bright set of Grimble's classic travel-autobiography set in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands of the Central Pacific.
Seller Inventory # 11532
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Pattern of Islands [with] Return to the Islands. THE 'ISLANDS' IN FULL MOROCCO
- Author
- GRIMBLE Arthur
- Publisher
- John Murray, [1952-57]
- Publication year
- 1952
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration0
Island Books
Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since December 3, 1999
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