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Conway, Ainslie And Frances

The Enchanted Islands

1947

28.20 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1947
Place of printing
New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons
Author
Conway, Ainslie And Frances
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Pacific & Australia
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [x], 280 pp, frontis of authors in their rustic home, map endpapers. original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, dj (worn, large piece lacking from spine), very good clean copy in fair to good jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The authors spent five years on the Galapagos Islands with inadequate supplies. The description provides a useful picture of life on the islands at the time, which are now being preserved for its natural treasures, but despite this, has undergone environmental degradation since the 1940s.
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