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Wild Careers
(Item: 1051 WE)
“Wild Career,” by William J. Gibson, Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. Rare. Original red hard-cover in good condition. Several light bubbles along top edge of cover, front and back. Color slightly worn on top front cover. Gold-gilt lettering on spine. Bottom corners lightly bumped. Light fraying on top of spine. Spine lightening with some running of color on top half of spine. Some blackening in gutters, possibly from pencil writing. End pages in good condition with light finger soiling. Black and white frontis piece photograph of author on glossy paper in good + condition. Text block pages in good condition, bright and clean. Text pages died red on top, rough-cut on side and back. Actual size of book: 5 ¾ by 9 inches. 288 pages. This narrative of Gibson’s adventures in Russia and the Near East includes chapters on the Great Retreat from Poland, “The Man whom Kitchener Left Behind,” “Secret Service in Central Asia,” and “The First Five Minute Plan—And the Fried-Fish Shop at Charing Cross.” Rare. Travel and Adventure, World History
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