- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: R & A Petrilla, Booksellers & Appraisers, Roosevelt, NJ, U.S.A.R & A Petrilla, Booksellers & Appraisers
AbeBooks seller since November 9, 1997
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 28.00
Quantity: 1 available
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pp: x, 325; 48pp illus from photographs; bottom margin of frontispiece chipped. 9.5" x 6.25" This copy is inscribed and signed by the author on the title-page. Walter lost his leg just before college graduation, then set out from Seattle to Honolulu and on around the world, visiting the Fiji Islands, Australia, Egypt, and North Africa. The first half of the book describes his earlier travels as he worked his way across Mexico, Japan, China, etc. Contains much about coping with his handicap.
Seller Inventory # BOOKS009148I
Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE WORLD ON ONE LEG [signed]
- Author
- Walter, Ellery
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY
- Publication year
- 1928
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Original Cloth
- Edition
- 4th printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Signed Books, Travel
R & A Petrilla, Booksellers & Appraisers
Roosevelt, NJ, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 9, 1997
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R & A Petrilla, Booksellers We have been selling books and ephemera by mail and at retail locations since 1970, online since 1995. We are generalist antiquarians with some depth in Americana and travel, although our interests are broad. ~~ We appraise libraries and documents for purposes of tax-deductible gifts, insurance coverage, and settling estates.
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