Beeton's Dictionary Of Geography: A Universal Gazetteer
by S.O. Beeton (ed.)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. No date but stated Nineteenth Thousand so circa 1867. Thick small 8vo. in brick colored cloth stamped in gilt, leather title label letterd in gilt on spine. 698 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher's ads at rear. Illustrated with nearly three hundred full page engravings of ancient, modern, and biblical syies, and with folding maps. Firm in its binding though the hinges are split, some wear and creasing to the spine lable from opening this thick volume. Small ownership stamp on half-title. Interior clean and complete. Affixed to the front pastedown there is a May,1881 dated Queen's Prize presentation bookplate from the Science And Art Department of the Committee Of Council on Education.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E23756
- Title
- Beeton's Dictionary Of Geography: A Universal Gazetteer
- Author
- S.O. Beeton (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock, and Tyler
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- geography, atlases, gazetteers, historical, maps,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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