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Description

Title: The Lost World of the Kalahari

Additional Information: First edition
Decorative dust-jacket with title.[some wear]
Publishers green cloth with gilt title to spine.
Gift inscription on inside.
Full-page colour and b&w illustrations.
A very beautiful copy.

Publisher
The Companion Book Club., London
Author
Laurens Van Der Post
Date Published
1958
Binding
Hardback with dust-jacket
Condition
Very Good$10.00

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