Kamanda: An African Boy
by GATTI, Attilio
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1947. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm].Very Good condition in a Fair dustjacket [now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve]. Price-clipped dustjacket is chipped at spine ends and edges with some loss; creasing and small tears to rear upper edge. Free endpapers have patches of tanning and are faintly foxed. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs by Commander and Mrs Attilio Gati. 128pages. The adventures of an 11 yr old African boy from the Belgian Congo who joins the author on the tenth Gatti African expedition. Attilio Gatti was a famous Italian explorer, author and film-maker. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB776
- Title
- Kamanda: An African Boy
- Author
- GATTI, Attilio
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Children's Books;
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