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Catherine the Great: A Portrait
by Almedingen, E. M
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
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Montmorillon, France
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First impression. 8vo. Pp 239 + monochrome frontis. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. The dust jacket is a little rubbed at the edges. Printed book plate on front free endpaper. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Glass Key
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104068
- Title
- Catherine the Great: A Portrait
- Author
- Almedingen, E. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
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- History;
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About the Seller
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- Plate
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