Algeria and Tunis.
by NESBITT, Frances E. (author and illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1906. London; Adam & Charles Black, 1906. 8vo., original cornflower blue decorative boards blocked in orange, olive green, and cream to spine and upper cover, lettered in gilt, top edges gilt; pp. [vi], v-viii + [i] + 228 + [i] + [vi] publisher's catalogue; with 70 colour-plate illustrations with captioned tissues, a pull-out map, and 6 pages of adverts. at the rear; generally a very good, bright copy with an area of discoloured retouching to lower board (6.5 x 3.4cm), internally remarkably fresh, and near fine, with a single spot to title-page, some foxing to inner gutter of endpapers, and offset-browning to front blank. First edition. 2000 copies. Inman 1.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Henry Sotheran Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2113970
- Title
- Algeria and Tunis.
- Author
- NESBITT, Frances E. (author and illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1906
Terms of Sale
Henry Sotheran Ltd.
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About the Seller
Henry Sotheran Ltd.
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London, London
About Henry Sotheran Ltd.
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- Gilt
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