Before her first journey, no one would have guessed that Isabella Bird would become the heroine of Victorian travel. A middle-aged spinster on the Isle of Mull, she suffered from all kinds of strange diseases and was too frail to hold up her head without a steel support. Nonplussed, her doctors packed her off to the Pacific, the antipodean version of the spas of Switzerland, hoping for a cure.
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Before her first journey, no one would have guessed that Isabella Bird would become the heroine of Victorian travel. A middle-aged spinster on the Isle of Mull, she suffered from all kinds of strange diseases and was too frail to hold up her head without a steel support. Nonplussed, her doctors packed her off to the Pacific, the antipodean version of the spas of Switzerland, hoping for a cure.
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Good. The book may have minor cosmetic wear (i.e. creased spine/cover, scratches, curled corners, folded pages, minor sunburn, minor water damage, minor bent). The book may have some highlights/notes/underlined pages-Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included-Safe and Secure Mailer-No Hassle Return.
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This item is in overall good condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have minor wear including slight curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages are intact but may have minor highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have slight wear overall. Digital codes may not be included and have not been tested to be redeemable and/or active. Minor shelf wear overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp ix, 356. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. ISBN: 0719560470 Fine in fine dust jacket.
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Very good in Very good jacket. VGC. John Murray, 2002. First edition-first printing. Dark blue hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, two small dents on the edges of the cover) with Dj(very small tear, a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover, some ink marks inside the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos, maps. Nice and clean pages but with small foxing marks and marks on the outer edges, some marks on the edges of the front and back endpapers, The book is in VGC with some light shelf wear.363pp including List of illustrations, chronology, notes on people and places, bibliography, index and four letters that never before published. Price un-clipped. A collectable and scarce first edition.