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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Ripped/damaged jacket. The dust jacket of this book is slightly damaged/ripped, however, this does not affect the internal condition. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Seller Inventory # CHL9531658
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Struggle and Achivement in Brazil., 1972, 223pp, bound in d/j, boards very good condition, d/j price clipped, illustrated, Clean Copy. Seller Inventory # 018788
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Used: Acceptable. Hardback with dustjacket - 1972 - good condition - - used books, secondhand books, for sale, out of print books, hard to find books, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first editions, exlibrary books sold, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Isbn 0-00-262608-X, 000262608X. Collins Harvill. Seller Inventory # 9665
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Copy in brown cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Light rubbing to head/foot of spine. Jacket lightly chipped around edges. Free of inscriptions. Clean text and b/w plates. Seller Inventory # 025822
Book Description 1st edition. Hardback. Nr fine/ Dj Very good. 223pp. Tan covers with gilt title on spine. " This a story of hope and achievement. It tells how one man (Padre Lira Parente) set out to bring a new life to 10,000 neglected people in a rural area of Northeast Brazil.". Seller Inventory # 10873
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dw has wear, with sl tears and/or sl chips to spine ends and corners, with minor fading to brown titles of spine, price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages. Seller Inventory # 58737
Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 223pp., glossary, ill., map. VG in edgeworn DJ; 1.5 cm tear to bottom front DJ corner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 005750
Book Description Cloth-gilt HARDBACK. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. pp223. One man's fight against poverty and degradation in Brazil. Seller Inventory # 002617
Book Description Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket has large closed tears and associated wear. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Anthropology. ISBN: 000262608X. ISBN/EAN: 9780002626088. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 15237. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right. Seller Inventory # 15237
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 223 page. Dj wornBenton, Peggie. One Man Against The Drylands - Struggle and Achievement in Brazil. First Edition. London, Col lins and Harvill Press, 1972. 14 x 21.5 cm. 223 pages with 15 ill ustrations and a map. Original Hardcover with original illustrate d dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear t o the dustjacket. The story of how Padre Lira Parente made it pos sible for tens of thousands of neglected people in rural North-Ea st Brazil to remain on the land they owned. With the help of orga nizations such as Oxfam he built roads and schools in order to en able the people to become independent. The people were taught ski lls so that they could earn money to buy food in times of local f amine caused by the cyclic droughts of the area. The book is base d on the Padre's letters and eye witness accounts. 'I have read t he book with great interest and considerable admiration.' Graham Greene. Seller Inventory # 2343q