THE CAMEL. A Tale.
by BERNERS, Lord. With three illustrations by the Author
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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YORK, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1936. . First edition, 8vo., pp., cerise cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece and 2 further b/w plates, top edges red; upper 2mm of spine sunned, with very light sunning to remainder of spine, slight roll to spine, a very good copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned to spine, with light chipping to extremities (with only very slight loss) - now in a protective cover. 3
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- Bookseller
- MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35623
- Title
- THE CAMEL. A Tale.
- Author
- BERNERS, Lord. With three illustrations by the Author
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1936.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
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YORK, North Yorkshire
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Sunned
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